Job 28:18
The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
17Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than all riches, and all that can be desired cannot prevail in comparison to her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Lamentations 4:7ZAIN. Her Nazirites were whiter than snow, shinier than milk, more ruddy than ancient ivory, more beautiful than sapphire.
Matthew 7:6Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart.
1 Timothy 2:9Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire,
Revelation 18:12merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls, and of fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and of every citrus tree wood, and of every tool of ivory, and of every tool from precious stone and brass and iron and marble,
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 →