Job 28:17
Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx or the sapphire.
18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Revelation 4:6and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass like to crystal; and in the middle before the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
Revelation 22:1And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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 →