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Job 28:15 Strong Concordance It cannot be gotten [05414] for gold [05458], neither shall silver [03701] be weighed [08254] for the price [04242] thereof.
  King James It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Not the usual word for "gold"; from a Hebrew root, "to shut up" with care; that is, purest gold (Kg1 6:20, Margin).

weighed--The precious metals were weighed out before coining was known (Gen 23:16).
 
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16 And Abraham [085] hearkened [08085] unto Ephron [06085]; and Abraham [085] weighed [08254] to Ephron [06085] the silver [03701], which he had named [01696] in the audience [0241] of the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], current [05674] money with the merchant [05503].
20 And the oracle [01687] in the forepart [06440] was twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in length [0753], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in breadth [07341], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in the height [06967] thereof: and he overlaid [06823] it with pure [05462] gold [02091]; and so covered [06823] the altar [04196] which was of cedar [0730].
16 And Abraham [085] hearkened [08085] unto Ephron [06085]; and Abraham [085] weighed [08254] to Ephron [06085] the silver [03701], which he had named [01696] in the audience [0241] of the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], current [05674] money with the merchant [05503].
20 And all the drinking [04945] vessels [03627] of king [04428] Solomon [08010] were of gold [02091], and all the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844] were of pure [05462] gold [02091]: none were of silver [03701]; it was not any [03972] thing accounted [02803] of in the days [03117] of Solomon [08010].
21 And the flowers [06525], and the lamps [05216], and the tongs [04457], made he of gold [02091], and that perfect [04357] gold [02091];
22 And the snuffers [04212], and the basons [04219], and the spoons [03709], and the censers [04289], of pure [05462] gold [02091]: and the entry [06607] of the house [01004], the inner [06442] doors [01817] thereof for the most [06944] holy [06944] place, and the doors [01817] of the house [01004] of the temple [01964], were of gold [02091].
21 And all king [04428] Solomon's [08010] drinking [04945] vessels [03627] were of gold [02091], and all the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844] were of pure [05462] gold [02091]; none were of silver [03701]: it was nothing [03972] accounted [02803] of in the days [03117] of Solomon [08010].
49 And the candlesticks [04501] of pure [05462] gold [02091], five [02568] on the right [03225] side, and five [02568] on the left [08040], before [06440] the oracle [01687], with the flowers [06525], and the lamps [05216], and the tongs [04457] of gold [02091],
50 And the bowls [05592], and the snuffers [04212], and the basons [04219], and the spoons [03709], and the censers [04289] of pure [05462] gold [02091]; and the hinges [06596] of gold [02091], both for the doors [01817] of the inner [06442] house [01004], the most [06944] holy [06944] place, and for the doors [01817] of the house [01004], to wit, of the temple [01964].
20 And the oracle [01687] in the forepart [06440] was twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in length [0753], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in breadth [07341], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in the height [06967] thereof: and he overlaid [06823] it with pure [05462] gold [02091]; and so covered [06823] the altar [04196] which was of cedar [0730].
21 So Solomon [08010] overlaid [06823] the house [01004] within [06441] with pure [05462] gold [02091]: and he made a partition [05674] by the chains [07572] [07572] of gold [02091] before [06440] the oracle [01687]; and he overlaid [06823] it with gold [02091].