Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
American Standard 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
17Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Lamentations 4:7Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
1 Timothy 2:9In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
Revelation 18:12merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of 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 →