Job 28:18
Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.
Young's Literal Translation
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
17Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
19Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:15Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
Proverbs 20:15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
Lamentations 4:7Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
Matthew 7:6'Ye may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned — may rend you.
1 Timothy 2:9in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,
Revelation 18:12lading of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and 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 →