Job 28:17
She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
16She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
18Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to obtain wisdom than gold! and to obtain understanding is preferable to silver!
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 →