Job 28:18
High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
17Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than all riches : and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Lamentations 4:7Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.
1 Timothy 2:9In like manner women also in decent apparel: adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly attire,
Revelation 18:12Merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones; and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner of vessels of ivory, and all manner of vessels of precious stone, and of brass, and of iron, and of 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 →