Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
KJV
Excelsa et eminentia non memorabuntur comparatione ejus : trahitur autem sapientia de occultis.
Vulgate
μετέωρα καὶ γαβεὶς οὐ μνησθήσεται, καὶ ἕλκυσον σοφίαν ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσώτατα·
LXX
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
ASV
רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭/גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּ/מֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִ/פְּנִינִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גָבִישׁ
gbysh
noun · 1×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֶ֥שֶׁךְ
mshk
noun · 2×
פְּנִינִ֑ים
pnynym
noun · 7×
רָאמֹ֣ת
r'mt
noun · 2×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 27:16 — Syria 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.
- Lam 4:7 — Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
- Matt 13:45 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
- Prov 3:15 — She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
- Prov 3:15 — She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
- Prov 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
- Prov 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.