Job 28:16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
In Context
15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold 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 →