Job 28:19

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Ethiopia - Cush in the Hebrew. Either Ethiopia or the south of Arabia near the Tigris.

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Exodus 28:17 ; Exodus 39:10 ; Ezekiel 28:13 ; Revelation 21:20

¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Related Commentaries of Job 28:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 28:19