Job 28:16
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it
17Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
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 temple.
Isaiah 13:12A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of 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 →