Job 28:16

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

King James Version

In Context

15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

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 →

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