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Job 28

Job 28:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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It cannot be valued
calah (Hebrew #5541)
to hang up, i.e. weigh, or (figuratively) contemn
KJV usage: tread down (under foot), value.
Pronounce: saw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
with the gold
kethem (Hebrew #3800)
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
KJV usage: ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
Pronounce: keh'-them
Origin: from 3799
of Ophir
'Owphiyr (Hebrew #211)
and fOwphir {o- feer'}; of uncertain derivation; Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East
KJV usage: Ophir.
Pronounce: o-feer'
Origin: or (shortened) pOphiyr {o-feer'}
, with the precious
yaqar (Hebrew #3368)
from 3365; valuable (obj. or subj.): --brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
Pronounce: yaw-kawr'
onyx
shoham (Hebrew #7718)
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
KJV usage: onyx.
Pronounce: sho'-ham
Origin: from an unused root probably mean to blanch
, or the sapphire
cappiyr (Hebrew #5601)
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
KJV usage: sapphire.
Pronounce: sap-peer'
Origin: from 5608
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Gold,
onyx,
Ophir,
Sapphire

Cross References

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the gold.
1 Chron. 29:4• 4Even 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: (1 Chron. 29:4)
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Psa. 45:9• 9Kings' daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. (Psa. 45:9)
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Isa. 13:12• 12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. (Isa. 13:12)
onyx.
Ex. 28:20• 20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. (Ex. 28:20)
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Ezek. 28:13• 13Thou 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. (Ezek. 28:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.