Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 the exchange thereof be vessels 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 all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Lamentations 4:7Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire;
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 →