KJV King James Version
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
WEB World English Bible
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
ASV American Standard Version
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,
Surrounding context — Job 28
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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 shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.Psalm 45:9Kings’ daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.Exodus 28:20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.1 Chronicles 29:4[Even] 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]:
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