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Job 28:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.

Job 28:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 28:17

Theological / Devotional

Gold. See on v. 15.

Crystal. The Hebrew word thus translated occurs nowhere else in the Bible. It is thought to mean “glass,” and here may refer to some form of rock crystal.

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