Job 28:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom `is' above rubies.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:15 : 15 Precious she `is' above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price.
  • Lam 4:7 : 7 Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
  • Ezek 27:16 : 16 Aram `is' thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 `Ye may not give that which is `holy' to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.
  • Matt 13:45-46 : 45 `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls, 46 who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,
  • Rev 17:4 : 4 and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,
  • Rev 18:12 : 12 lading of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyne wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,
  • Rev 21:21 : 21 And the twelve gates `are' twelve pearls, each several one of the gates was of one pearl; and the broad-place of the city `is' pure gold -- as transparent glass.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For better `is' wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 28:12-17
    6 verses
    88%

    12And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?

    13Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14The deep hath said, `It `is' not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.'

    15Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price.

    16It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

    17Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor `is' its exchange a vessel of fine gold.

  • Job 28:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    19Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

    20And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For better `is' wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

  • Prov 20:15
    78%

    15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 3:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

    13O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.

    14For better `is' her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase.

    15Precious she `is' above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

    16Length of days `is' in her right hand, In her left `are' wealth and honour.

  • Job 28:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6A place of the sapphire `are' its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

    7A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

  • Prov 31:10
    71%

    10A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price.

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

    19Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

  • Exod 28:17-20
    4 verses
    69%

    17`And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle `is' the first row;

    18and the second row `is' emerald, sapphire, and diamond;

    19and the third row `is' opal, agate, and amethyst;

    20and the fourth row `is' beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings,

  • Gen 2:12
    67%

    12and the gold of that land `is' good, there `is' the bdolach and the shoham stone;

  • Prov 16:16
    67%

    16To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

  • Prov 11:22
    67%

    22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

  • Rev 18:12
    67%

    12lading of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyne wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,

  • Ezek 27:16
    67%

    16Aram `is' thy merchant, Because of the abundance of thy works, For emerald, purple, and embroidery, And fine linen, and coral, and agate, They have given out thy remnants.

  • Job 28:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

    2Iron from the dust is taken, And `from' the firm stone brass.

  • Prov 23:4
    66%

    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

  • Prov 17:16
    66%

    16Why `is' this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

  • Isa 54:12
    66%

    12And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,

  • Rev 21:20
    66%

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

  • Song 1:11
    66%

    11Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!

  • Job 22:24
    65%

    24So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

  • Ezek 28:4
    65%

    4By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.

  • Prov 4:7
    65%

    7The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 2:4
    65%

    4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

  • Prov 4:5
    65%

    5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 22:1
    65%

    1A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.

  • Ezek 28:13
    64%

    13In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.

  • Prov 23:23
    64%

    23Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

  • Exod 39:10-11
    2 verses
    64%

    10And they fill in it four rows of stones; a row of a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle `is' the one row;

    11and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

  • Prov 13:8
    64%

    8The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

  • Prov 8:19
    64%

    19Better `is' my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

  • Prov 14:24
    64%

    24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools `is' folly.