Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, 1 with precious onyx or sapphire. 1
Unlocked Literal 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; 1 neither can silver be weighed as its price. 1
17Gold and crystal cannot equal it in worth; 1 neither can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 1
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold from Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, in order to overlay the walls of the buildings.
Isaiah 13:12I will make men more rare than fine gold and mankind harder to find than the pure gold of Ophir. 1
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 →