Job 28:18

Job chapter 28 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Context

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

v.18This passage

v.19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Cross references

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

  • Lamentations 4:7

    Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

  • 1 Timothy 2:9

    In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

  • Revelation 18:12

    merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

  • Matthew 13:45

    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:

  • Proverbs 8:11

    For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

  • Revelation 21:21

    And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.