Job 28:15
It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
BSB
ASV
It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
KJV
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
It cannot be gotten for gold - Margin, “fine gold shall not be given for it.” The word which is here rendered “gold.” and in the margin “fine gold” (סגור segôr), is not the common word used to denote this metal. It is derived from סגר sâgar, to “shut,” to “close,” and means properly that which is “shut up” or “enclosed;” and hence, Gesenius supposes it means pure gold, or the most precious gold, as that which is shut up or enclosed with care. Dr. Good renders it “solid gold,” supposing it means that which is condensed, or beaten.
These may give a man some advantage in seeking wisdom, as they did to Solomon, but there is no purchasing wisdom with these. It is a gift of the Holy Ghost, which cannot be bought with money, Acts viii. As it does not run in the blood, and so come to us by descent, so it cannot be got for money, nor does it come to us by purchase.
Not the usual word for "gold"; from a Hebrew root, "to shut up" with care; that is, purest gold (1Ki 6:20, Margin). weighed--The precious metals were weighed out before coining was known (Ge 23:16).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
leads to
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
We love because He first loved us.
Through
Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
leads to
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
