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17 Gold or crystal[a] cannot be compared to it,
    nor can it be exchanged for vessels of gold.
18 Neither coral nor alabaster deserve to be mentioned;
    the price of wisdom is beyond pearls.
19 Topaz from Ethiopia is worthless in comparison to it,
    nor can it be valued in terms of pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:17 Crystal: the text actually speaks of “glass,” but in antiquity this was very rare and valuable.