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Job 28:18

Context

28:18 Of coral and jasper no mention will be made;

the price 1  of wisdom is more than pearls. 2 

1 tn The word מֶשֶׁךְ (meshekh) comes from a root meaning “to grasp; to seize; to hold,” and so the derived noun means “grasping; acquiring; taking possession,” and therefore, “price” (see the discussion in R. Gordis, Job, 309). Gray renders it “acquisition” (so A. Cohen, AJSL 40 [1923/24]: 175).

2 tn In Lam 4:7 these are described as red, and so have been identified as rubies (so NIV) or corals.



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