Job 28:16

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

In Context

15Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

17Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:4Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house:

Isaiah 13:12I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.

Matthew Henry on Job 28:13-20

The Excellency of Wisdom. ( b. c. 1520.) 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia… Read the whole commentary →

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