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Job 28:15

The Pulpit Commentary on Job 28:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

It cannot be gotten for gold. No amount of gold can purchase it; no, not of the purest and most refined quality (, ), for it is not a thing that can be bought or sold God must grant it, and find a way of imparting it; which he certainly will not do for a sum of money.

Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. If gold cannot purchase it, much less can silver—the less valuable medium of exchange. (On the weighing of silver, in sales, see ; ; .

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