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Job 28:17

Context

28:17 Neither gold nor crystal 1  can be compared with it,

nor can a vase 2  of gold match its worth.

1 tn The word is from זָכַךְ (zakhakh, “clear”). It describes a transparent substance, and so “glass” is an appropriate translation. In the ancient world it was precious and so expensive.

2 tc The MT has “vase”; but the versions have a plural here, suggesting jewels of gold.



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