KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 28:16–17
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Job 28:16
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
16It cannot be valued with the golde of Ophir, with the precious Onix, or the Saphire.
Job 28:17
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
17The golde and the chrystall cannot equall it: and the exchange of it shall not be for ‖iewels of fine golde.
- Or vessell of fine gold.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 28:16
Is unable to; is not able to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Estimated, appraised, esteemed, or regarded as having a stated worth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A precious or ornamental stone, commonly banded in colour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A precious stone named in the breastplate and other KJV descriptions; the entry does not impose a disputed modern mineral identification.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Job 28:17
A clear, transparent crystalline substance; used in comparisons for exceptional clearness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Is unable to; is not able to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The same or comparable in measure, value, standing, or likeness.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The contract by which one commodity is transferred to another for an equivalent commodity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Precious ornaments or valuable objects, often of gold or set with precious stones.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
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From verse 16
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Open the full verse study13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
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Open the full verse study12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
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Open the full verse study9Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
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Open the full verse study4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
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Open the full verse study20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study1AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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Open the full verse study22And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
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Open the full verse study16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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Open the full verse study11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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Open the full verse study6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
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