Job 28:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.”
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“Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.”
King James Version · Public Domain“No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> above rubies.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 28:18 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
- Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 20:15There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Lamentations 4:7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
- Ezekiel 27:16Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
- Matthew 7:6Do 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.
- Matthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
- 1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, 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 17:4The 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 18:12cargo 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 21:21And 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.
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