Job 28:19 “Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gol…”

Job 28:19

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

World English Bible

The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.

American Standard Version

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.

Darby Translation

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.

Young's Literal Translation

Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

Bible in Basic English

The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

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Cross references

“topaz”

Exodus 28:17 Exodus 39:10 Ezekiel 28:13 Revelation 21:20

Exodus 28:17 · BSB

And 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;

Exodus 39:10 · BSB

And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

Ezekiel 28:13 · BSB

You 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, prepar…

Revelation 21:20 · BSB

the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

Also

Proverbs 8:19

Proverbs 8:19 · BSB

My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

20From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

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