Job 28:16

What does Job 28:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 28:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.

Context

v.15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

v.16This passage

v.17Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:4

    even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;

  • Exodus 28:20

    and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.

  • Isaiah 13:12

    I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

  • Psalms 45:9

    Kings’ daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

  • Ezekiel 28:13

    Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.

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