◄ Job 28:16 ►
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Good News Translation
The finest gold and jewels Cannot equal its value.

New Revised Standard Version
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Contemporary English Version
or precious stones.

New American Bible
She cannot be bought with gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli,

Douay-Rheims Bible
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

the gold

1 Chronicles 29:4 Three thousand talents of gold of the gold of Ophir: and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the temple.

Psalm 45:9 The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.

Isaiah 13:12 A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.

onyx

Exodus 28:20 In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

Ezekiel 28:13 Thou wast in the pleasures of the paradise of God: every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the jasper, the chrysolite, and the onyx, and the beryl, the sapphire, and the carbuncle, and the emerald: gold the work of thy beauty: and thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created.

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
…15The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. 16It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.17Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.…
Cross References
Job 28:15
The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

Job 28:17
Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

Songs 5:14
His hands are turned and as of gold, full of hyacinths. His belly as of ivory, set with sapphires.

Isaiah 13:12
A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.

Isaiah 54:11
O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,

Lamentations 4:7
Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.

Job 28:15
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