Job 28:16
It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
In Context
15Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
17Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;
Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the 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 →