Job 28:18
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Lamentations 4:7Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.
Matthew 7:6“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
1 Timothy 2:9In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing,
Revelation 18:12merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious 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 →