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Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

Job 28:19

In 11 translations

BSB
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.That is, the upper Nile region
KJV
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
WEB
The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
ASV
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
LSV
The topaz of Cush does not equal it, || It is not valued with pure gold.
YLT
Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.
DBY
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.
DRC
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
GNV
The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
JPS
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
LXXE
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לֹֽא־יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּ֑וּשׁ בְּכֶ֥תֶם טָ֝ה֗וֹר לֹ֣א תְסֻלֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Οὐκ ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ τοπάζιον Αἰθιοπίας, χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ οὐ συμβασταχθήσεται.

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📍 Ethiopia◆ Job's Trial

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 28:17And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
  • Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
  • Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,…
  • Exodus 39:10And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
  • Revelation 21:20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

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