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THE MESSAGE
Job 28:17
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Gold and glass do not compare with it,and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
Gold and zekukeet can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Gold and crystal are not as valuable as wisdom, and you cannot buy it with jewels of gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.
"Gold and glass cannot equal wisdom, Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
"Gold or glass cannot equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for articles of pure gold.
Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
Gold or glass cannot meet its worth,Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
Nothing is its equal— not gold or costly glass.
Neither gold nor glass can be compared with it; nor can it be exchanged for a bowl of fine gold,
Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
Wisdom is worth more than gold or crystal. It cannot be bought with expensive jewels set in gold.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it; nor can precious pearls, jewels, and emeralds equal it.
It is worth more than gold, Than a gold vase or finest glass.
Gold and glass cannot be compared with it, and its substitution cannot be an ornament of refined gold.
gold and crystal cannot be ranked with it, nor its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
No, nether golde ner Christall, nether swete odours ner golden plate.
Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.
Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
The golde and the chrystall cannot equall it: and the exchange of it shall not be for iewels of fine golde.
No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde.
Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
Gold and glass cannot equal it: neither shall the exchange thereof be jewels of fine gold.
Nether gold, nether glas schal be maad euene worth therto;
Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.
Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
Gold or glass cannot be compared to it in worth and it cannot be traded for objects of fine gold.
Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can, the exchange thereof, be a vessel of pure gold,
Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
"Gold or glass cannot equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
crystal: Ezekiel 1:22, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 21:11, Revelation 22:1
jewels: or, vessels
Cross-References
So Isaac called in Jacob and blessed him. Then he ordered him, "Don't take a Caananite wife. Leave at once. Go to Paddan Aram to the family of your mother's father, Bethuel. Get a wife for yourself from the daughters of your uncle Laban.
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."
Then he said, "I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.
Samson And then the People of Israel were back at it again, doing what was evil in God 's sight. God put them under the domination of the Philistines for forty years. At that time there was a man named Manoah from Zorah from the tribe of Dan. His wife was barren and childless. The angel of God appeared to her and told her, "I know that you are barren and childless, but you're going to become pregnant and bear a son. But take much care: Drink no wine or beer; eat nothing ritually unclean. You are, in fact, pregnant right now, carrying a son. No razor will touch his head—the boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of his birth. He will launch the deliverance from Philistine oppression." The woman went to her husband and said, "A man of God came to me. He looked like the angel of God—terror laced with glory! I didn't ask him where he was from and he didn't tell me his name, but he told me, ‘You're pregnant. You're going to give birth to a son. Don't drink any wine or beer and eat nothing ritually unclean. The boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of birth to the day of his death.'" Manoah prayed to God : "Master, let the man of God you sent come to us again and teach us how to raise this boy who is to be born." God listened to Manoah. God's angel came again to the woman. She was sitting in the field; her husband Manoah wasn't there with her. She jumped to her feet and ran and told her husband: "He's back! The man who came to me that day!" Manoah got up and, following his wife, came to the man. He said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" He said, "I am." Manoah said, "So. When what you say comes true, what do you have to tell us about this boy and his work?" The angel of God said to Manoah, "Keep in mind everything I told the woman. Eat nothing that comes from the vine: Drink no wine or beer; eat no ritually unclean foods. She's to observe everything I commanded her." Manoah said to the angel of God, "Please, stay with us a little longer; we'll prepare a meal for you—a young goat." God 's angel said to Manoah, "Even if I stay, I won't eat your food. But if you want to prepare a Whole-Burnt-Offering for God , go ahead—offer it!" Manoah had no idea that he was talking to the angel of God. Then Manoah asked the angel of God, "What's your name? When your words come true, we'd like to honor you." The angel of God said, "What's this? You ask for my name? You wouldn't understand—it's sheer wonder." So Manoah took the kid and the Grain-Offering and sacrificed them on a rock altar to God who works wonders. As the flames leapt up from the altar to heaven, God 's angel also ascended in the altar flames. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground. Manoah and his wife never saw the angel of God again. Only then did Manoah realize that this was God 's angel. He said to his wife, "We're as good as dead! We've looked on God!"
That completed the work King Solomon did on The Temple of God . He then brought in the holy offerings of his father David, the silver and the gold and the artifacts. He placed them all in the treasury of God's Temple. Bringing all this to a climax, Solomon got all the leaders together in Jerusalem—all the chiefs of tribes and the family patriarchs—to move the Chest of the Covenant of God from Zion and install it in The Temple. All the men of Israel assembled before the king on the feast day of the seventh month, the Feast of Booths. When all the leaders of Israel were ready, the Levites took up the Chest. They carried the Chest, the Tent of Meeting, and all the sacred things in the Tent used in worship. The priests, all Levites, carried them. King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel were there before the Chest, worshiping and sacrificing huge numbers of sheep and cattle—so many that no one could keep track. The priests brought the Chest of the Covenant of God to its place in the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim. The outspread wings of the cherubim formed a canopy over the Chest and its poles. The ends of the poles were so long that they stuck out from the entrance of the Inner Sanctuary, but were not noticeable further out—they're still there today. There was nothing in the Chest itself but the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb where God made a covenant with Israel after bringing them up from Egypt. The priests then left the Holy Place. All the priests there were consecrated, regardless of rank or assignment; and all the Levites who were musicians were there—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their families, dressed in their worship robes; the choir and orchestra assembled on the east side of the Altar and were joined by 120 priests blowing trumpets. The choir and trumpets made one voice of praise and thanks to God —orchestra and choir in perfect harmony singing and playing praise to God : Yes! God is good! His loyal love goes on forever! Then a billowing cloud filled The Temple of God . The priests couldn't even carry out their duties because of the cloud—the glory of God !—that filled The Temple of God.
Watch your step when you enter God's house. Enter to learn. That's far better than mindlessly offering a sacrifice, Doing more harm than good.
When the disciples heard it, they fell flat on their faces, scared to death. But Jesus came over and touched them. "Don't be afraid." When they opened their eyes and looked around all they saw was Jesus, only Jesus.
It's judgment time for God's own family. We're first in line. If it starts with us, think what it's going to be like for those who refuse God's Message! If good people barely make it, What's in store for the bad? So if you find life difficult because you're doing what God said, take it in stride. Trust him. He knows what he's doing, and he'll keep on doing it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it,.... Crystal was found in an island of the Red sea, situated before Arabia, called Neron, and in another, which from a gem found in it bears the name of Topazion, and may be thought therefore to be well known by Job; and though it is not now of so much account, it formerly was very valuable. Pliny a makes mention of a crystal vessel, sold for 150,000 sesterces, about 1250 pounds sterling; and of two crystal cups broke by Nero in his fury, on hearing of some losses, to punish the then present age, that no other men might drink out of them: some render it "amber", which is found in Prussia, and being at a great distance from Job's country, might be the more valuable there; and Pliny b speaks of it as had in as great esteem as gems: the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin versions, and others, translate it "glass" c which had its original from Phoenicia, near Judea; so Pliny says d from the lake Cendevia, within the roots of Mount Carmel, in Phoenicia, near Judea, springs the river Belus, from whence glass came first; and he speaks of Sidon (a city in Phoenicia) as famous for it; and Tacitus e observes, that the river Belus glides in the Jewish sea, and about the mouth of it sand is gathered and mixed with nitre, and boiled into glass; and this being near the country where Job dwelt, it is thought be had knowledge of it; and from this passage some f have concluded the great antiquity of glass; and if it is true what Aelianus g relates, that when the monument of the ancient Belus (the first king of Babylon) was dug up by Xerxes, the son of Darius, that there was found a glass urn, where lay a body in oil, it must be in use before the times of Job. An Arabic chronologer h affirms what be had from men conversant in history, that in Egypt, after the flood, there were men learned in various sciences, and among the rest in alchemy, and had knowledge of burning glasses; though the invention of these, and of a glass globe, is ascribed to Archimedes i, who lived somewhat later than two hundred years before Christ. There was great plenty of glass very early in Ethiopia, after mentioned, in which they enclosed their dead, that they might be seen through it k; and if it was in use in Job's time, and especially if it was then a late invention, it might be highly valued, and therefore placed here with things of the greatest worth. In the times of Nero, Pliny says l two small glass cups were sold for six thousand sesterces, or forty five pounds sterling, and according to others near fifty pounds; and the same writer relates, that in the times of Tiberias an art was found out to make glass flexible and malleable; but was ordered to be destroyed, lest the value of gold, silver, and brass, should be lessened by it. The Targum renders the word here used a looking glass; :-. Some think the diamond or adamant is meant, and others that it is a general name for all sorts of precious stones, they being clear, transparent, and lucid, as the word signifies:
and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold; set in fine gold; or "vessels" of it, more valuable than gold itself, being made of gold, purified, refined, and wrought by art into curious forms; and yet wisdom is so valuable as not to be exchanged for these. Mr. Broughton takes this fine gold, or gold of Phaz, to be the same with Fess in Barbary, which had its name from a heap of gold there found when its foundation was laid; for "fess" with the Arabs signifies gold m.
a Ut supra, (Nat. Hist. l. 37.) c. 2. b Ib. c. 5. c זכוכית υαλος, Sept. "vitrum", V. L. Tigurine version, Cocceius. d Ut supra, (Nat. Hist.) l. 36. c. 26. Joseph. de Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 10. sect. 2. e Hist. l. 5. c. 7. f Neri Praefat. ad. lib. de re vitriaria. g Var. Hist. l. 12. c. 3. h Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 33. i Vid. Fabritii Bibliothec. Gr. l. 3. c. 22. sect. 11. 15. k Diodor. Sic. l. 2. p. 102. Herodot. Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. 24. l Ut supra. (Nat. Hist. l. 36. c. 26.) m Leo African. Descript. Africae, l. 3. p. 273.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The gold and the crystal - A crystal, in chemistry, is an inorganic body which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular solid, terminated by a number of plane and smooth surfaces. It is round in various forms and sizes, and is composed of a great variety of substances. The common “rock crystal” is a general name for all the transparent crystals of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz. “Webster.” The word used here (זכוּכית zekûkı̂yth) occurs nowhere else in the Bible. It is from זכה zâkâh, to be clean, pure; and is given to the crystal on account of its transparency. In Arabic the word means either glass or crystal. Jerome translates it, “vitrum” - glass; the Septuagint ὕαλος hualos - crystal, or the “lapis crystallinus.” Hesychius says that the crystal denotes λαμπρὸν κρύος lampron kruos - “clear ice” or, λίθον τίμιον lithon timion - “a precious stone.” There is no reason to suppose that “glass” was known so early as this, and the probability is that the word here denotes something like the rock crystal, having a strong resemblance to the diamond, and perhaps then regarded as nearly of equal value. It cannot be supposed that the relative value of gems was then understood as it is now.
Jewels of fine gold - Margin, “vessels.” The Hebrew word כלי kelı̂y properly means vessels, or instruments. It may refer here, however, to ornaments for the person, as it was in that way chiefly that gold was employed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 28:17. Job 28:16; Job 28:16.
