be.tser denotes gold in Job’s contrast between laying wealth in dust and having the Almighty as gold.

The term denotes gold in Job’s speech: it is first set down in the dust and then named as what the Almighty will be to the addressee.

1. Gold as wealth set aside or possessed · dominant

   In Job 22:24, the singular absolute form occurs in the instruction to lay gold in the dust. In Job 22:25, the plural construct form occurs in the statement that the Almighty will be the addressee’s gold; the APB renders the surrounding clauses with “gold” in both verses.

   Job 22:24Job 22:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with “gold” in Job 22:24 and Job 22:25. Those renderings confirm the verse context rather than isolate each form mechanically.