Job 28:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

Transliteration

Rāʾmôṯ and-ḡāḇîš not yizzāḵēr and-mešeḵ ḥåḵmāh from-pənînîm

Grammar Details

*rāʾmôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural, absolute - coral/red coral
*ḡāḇîš*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - crystal/quartz
*yizzāḵēr*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is remembered/mentioned
*mešeḵ*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - acquisition of/drawing out
*ḥåḵmāh*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - wisdom
*pənînîm*: noun, masculine, plural, absolute - pearls/rubies/coral

Word Meanings

*rāʾmôṯ*: coral/red coral/precious stones
*ḡāḇîš*: crystal/quartz/pearl
*yizzāḵēr*: is remembered/mentioned/spoken of
*mešeḵ*: acquisition/price/drawing/value
*pənînîm*: pearls/rubies/coral/precious stones

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:15 : 15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
Prov 31:10 : 10 A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
Lam 4:7 : 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.
Ezek 27:16 : 16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy handiworks: they traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
Matt 7:6 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
Matt 13:45-46 : 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: 46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
1 Tim 2:9 : 9 In like manner, {G2532} that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication,
Rev 18:12 : 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;
Rev 21:21 : 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.
Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

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