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14 The deepest ocean says, ‘It’s not within me.’
    and the sea says, ‘You’ll never find it with me.’
15 You can’t buy it with gold,
    and its value cannot be calculated in silver.
16 It cannot be compared to gold from Ophir,[a]
    with precious onyx, or with sapphire.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 28:16 I.e. an ancient source of fine gold; cf. 1Chr 29:4

14 The deep(A) says, “It is not in me”;
    the sea(B) says, “It is not with me.”
15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold,
    nor can its price be weighed out in silver.(C)
16 It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,(D)
    with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.(E)

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