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Job 28:17
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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 28:17
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 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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