Job 28:17
Gold 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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In Context
16It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Revelation 4:6And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.
Revelation 22:1And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
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 →