Job 28:16
It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx or the sapphire.
Noyes 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 gotten for gold, Nor shall silver be weighed out as the price thereof.
17Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:12I will make men scarcer than gold; Yea, men 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 →