Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.
Noyes Bible
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 are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.
19The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be purchased with pure gold.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15More precious is she than pearls, And none of thy jewels is to be compared with her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold and abundance of pearls; But the lips of knowledge are a precious vase.
Lamentations 4:7Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; More ruddy than coral was their body; Their visage was of sapphire.
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn upon you and rend you.
1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women, in seemly attire, adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with braided hair, and gold, or pearls, or costly apparel;
Revelation 18:12merchandise of gold and of silver, and of precious stones and of pearls, and of fine linen and of purple, and of silk and of scarlet; and all citron wood, and all manner of vessels of ivory, and all manner of vessels of most costly wood, and of 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 →