Job 28:17-19

Contemporary English Version

Footnotes

1. 28.17 costly glass: In the ancient world, objects made of glass were costly.
2. 28.18 jasper: A valuable stone, usually green or clear.
3. 28.19 topaz: A valuable, yellow stone.
4. 28.19 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.