Job 28:16

She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

In Context

15No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price.

17She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:4Three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;

Isaiah 13:12I will make the mortal more precious than fine gold; and man, more than the valued metal of Ophir.

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 →

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