KJV King James Version
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
WEB World English Bible
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
ASV American Standard Version
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.
Surrounding context — Job 28
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
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Proverbs 8:19My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.Exodus 39:10And they set in it four rows of stones: [the first] row [was] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this [was] the first row.Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.Exodus 28:17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.Revelation 21:20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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