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silverling
This word appears in the King James Version of a verse in the book of Isaiah.
And it shall come to pass in that day,
That every place shall be,
Where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings,
It shall even be for briers and thorns. —Isaiah 7:23 KJV
Compare the New King James Version
It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
It will be for briers and thorns. —Isaiah 7:23 NKJV
The New American Standard Version (1995) says,
And it will be in that day, that every place where there used to be one thousand vines, valued at one thousand shekels of silver, will become briars and thorns. —Isaiah 7:23 NASB
Literally the words are “a thousand of silver”, i.e., “pieces of silver,” or shekels.
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