Job 28:16
Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
In Context
15One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
17Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:4Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary:
Isaiah 13:12And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir.
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 →