Job 28:19
The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
In Context
18No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
20Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
Cross References
Exodus 28:17Then thou shalt set it full of places for stones, euen foure rowes of stones: the order shalbe this, a rubie, a topaze, and a carbuncle in the first rowe.
Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
Proverbs 20:15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.
Revelation 21:20The fift of a Sardonix: the sixt of a Sardius: the seueth of a Chrysolite: the eight of a Beryl: the ninth of a Topaze: the tenth of a Chrysoprasus: the eleuenth of a Iacynth: the twelfth an Amethyst.
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 →