The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
WEB
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
YLT
Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor is its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
DBT
Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.