Job 28:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
  • Ezek 1:22 : 22 And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.
  • Rev 4:6 : 6 And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.
  • Rev 21:11 : 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass:
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,

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  • Job 28:12-16
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    90%

    12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

    14 The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

    15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

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

  • Job 28:18-20
    3 verses
    89%

    18 There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

    19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

    20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

    11 For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

  • Prov 3:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

    15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

  • Job 28:6-7
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    78%

    6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

    7 No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

  • Prov 20:15
    76%

    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Job 36:19
    73%

    19 ...

  • Gen 2:12
    72%

    12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

    2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

  • Rev 18:12
    71%

    12 Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;

  • Job 22:24
    70%

    24 And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;

  • Jer 10:9
    70%

    9 Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

  • Prov 16:16
    70%

    16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Exod 28:17-20
    4 verses
    70%

    17 And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

    18 The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;

    19 The third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

    20 The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

  • Prov 31:10
    69%

    10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

  • Song 1:11
    69%

    11 We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22 Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

  • Prov 8:19
    69%

    19 My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    68%

    21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

  • Ezek 28:4
    68%

    4 By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:

  • Rev 21:20
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    20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

  • Isa 13:12
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    12 I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.

  • Prov 22:1
    68%

    1 A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

  • Ezek 27:16
    68%

    16 Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.

  • Lam 4:1
    68%

    1 How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

  • Job 3:15
    67%

    15 Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;

  • Ezek 7:19
    67%

    19 They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    67%

    20 All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

  • Prov 17:8
    67%

    8 An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

  • Rev 21:18
    67%

    18 And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass.

  • Exod 25:7
    67%

    7 Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.

  • Song 5:14
    67%

    14 His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires.

  • Prov 2:4
    67%

    4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

  • Prov 25:4
    67%

    4 Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

  • 1 Chr 29:2
    66%

    2 Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.