KJV King James Version
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
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Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
WEB World English Bible
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
ASV American Standard Version
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
Surrounding context — Job 28
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.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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Proverbs 3:15She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.Lamentations 4:7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire:Ezekiel 27:16Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.Proverbs 8:11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.Revelation 17:4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,Revelation 21:21And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass.Matthew 13:45-46Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
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