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Job 28:17 Strong Concordance The gold [02091] and the crystal [02137] cannot equal [06186] it: and the exchange [08545] of it shall not be for jewels [03627] of fine gold [06337].
  King James The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

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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]
crystal--Or else glass, if then known, very costly. From a root, "to be transparent."

jewels--rather, "vessels."
 
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10 My beloved [01730] is white [06703] and ruddy [0122], the chiefest [01713] among ten thousand [07233].
7 Her Nazarites [05139] were purer [02141] than snow [07950], they were whiter [06705] than milk [02461], they were more ruddy [0119] in body [06106] than rubies [06443], their polishing [01508] was of sapphire [05601]:
7 Her Nazarites [05139] were purer [02141] than snow [07950], they were whiter [06705] than milk [02461], they were more ruddy [0119] in body [06106] than rubies [06443], their polishing [01508] was of sapphire [05601]:
16 Syria [0758] was thy merchant [05503] by reason of the multitude [07230] of the wares of thy making [04639]: they occupied [05414] in thy fairs [05801] with emeralds [05306], purple [0713], and broidered work [07553], and fine linen [0948], and coral [07215], and agate [03539].
7 Her Nazarites [05139] were purer [02141] than snow [07950], they were whiter [06705] than milk [02461], they were more ruddy [0119] in body [06106] than rubies [06443], their polishing [01508] was of sapphire [05601]:
15 She is more precious [03368] than rubies [06443]: and all the things thou canst desire [02656] are not to be compared [07737] unto her.