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Job 28

Job 28:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The topaz
pitdah (Hebrew #6357)
a gem, probably the topaz
KJV usage: topaz.
Pronounce: pit-daw'
Origin: of foreign derivation
of Ethiopia
Kuwsh (Hebrew #3568)
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
KJV usage: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
Pronounce: koosh
Origin: probably of foreign origin
shall not equal
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
it, neither shall it 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 pure
tahowr (Hebrew #2889)
from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV usage: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Pronounce: taw-hore'
Origin: or tahor {taw-hore'}
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
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Ethiopia,
Gold,
Topaz

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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topaz.
Ex. 28:17• 17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones--four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald--the first row; (Ex. 28:17)
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Ex. 39:10• 10And they set in it four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald--the first row; (Ex. 39:10)
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Ezek. 28:13• 13thou wast in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of thy tambours and of thy pipes was in thee: in the day that thou wast created were they prepared. (Ezek. 28:13)
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Rev. 21:20• 20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. (Rev. 21:20)
• The topaz of far off Ethiopia finds its luster dim beside this bright jewel of God’s glory. Nature is ransacked in vain to find something to compare with that whose price is above all earthly treasures. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.