Job 28:18
Corals and pearl are not remembered, || The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.
Literal Standard Version
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 crystal do not equal it, || Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
19The topaz of Cush does not equal it, || It is not valued with pure gold.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15She [is] precious above rubies, || And all your pleasures are not comparable to her.
Proverbs 20:15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, || Indeed, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
Lamentations 4:7Purer were her Nazarites than snow, || Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, || Of sapphire their form.
Matthew 7:6You may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the pigs, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned—may tear you apart.
1 Timothy 2:9also the women in like manner, in orderly apparel, to adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or clothing of great price,
Revelation 18:12cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all fragrant wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,
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 →