Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 28 connects to 10 cross-references. The celebrated Wisdom Poem describes humanity's ability to mine the depths of the earth for silver, gold, and precious stones while acknowledging that the way to wisdom cannot be purchased with these treasures. Only God knows wisdom's location. The chapter …
Other Translations
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> above rubies.
There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
Cross References
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to …
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their …
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs …
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them …
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or …
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having …