Job 28:18
There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
In Context
19The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
Lamentations 4:7Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:
Matthew 7:6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
1 Timothy 2:9And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;
Revelation 18:12Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;
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 →