Job 28:18 “Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyon…”

Job 28:18

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

World English Bible

No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

American Standard Version

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Geneva Bible 1599

No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.

Darby Translation

Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

Young's Literal Translation

Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.

Bible in Basic English

There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

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Cross references

“coral”

Ezekiel 27:16

Ezekiel 27:16 · BSB

Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

“pearls”

Matthew 7:6 1 Timothy 2:9 Revelation 17:4 Revelation 18:12 Revelation 21:21 Matthew 13:45

Matthew 7:6 · BSB

Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

1 Timothy 2:9 · BSB

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

Revelation 17:4 · BSB

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 18:12 · BSB

cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

Revelation 21:21 · BSB

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

Matthew 13:45 · BSB

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

“rubies”

Proverbs 3:15 Proverbs 31:10 Lamentations 4:7

Proverbs 3:15 · BSB

She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 31:10 · BSB

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

Lamentations 4:7 · BSB

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

Also

Proverbs 8:11

Proverbs 8:11 · BSB

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

19Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

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