Job 28:18

Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.

Leeser Tanakh

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

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

19She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than pearls; and all the things thou valuest are not equal unto her.

Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.

Lamentations 4:7Her crowned princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more brilliant in body than pearls, more than the sapphire, their countenance:

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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