Job 28:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 28:17 : 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;
  • Exod 39:10 : 10 And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;
  • Ezek 28:13 : 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
  • Rev 21:20 : 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.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-18
    7 verses
    89%

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

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

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

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

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

    17Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

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

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

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

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

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

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

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

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

  • Prov 3:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

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

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

    16Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

  • 74%

    14A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

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

  • Gen 2:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.

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

  • 19...

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

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • 9Silver 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 68%

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 23:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

    5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

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

  • 1How 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.

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

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

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

  • 13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.

  • 9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

  • 12Gold, 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;

  • 21And 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.

  • 24If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

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