Job 28:16
It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
In Context
15The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.
17Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold, from the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of highly-refined silver, for the gilding of the walls of the temple;
Isaiah 13:12A man will be more precious than gold, and mankind will become like pure refined gold.
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 →