Job 28:17
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Revelation 4:6And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
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 →