Job 28:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 28:15-19 : 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
  • Job 28:21-22 : 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 119:72 : 72 ¶ The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
  • Prov 3:14-15 : 14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
  • Prov 8:18-19 : 18 Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness. 19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 ¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • Eccl 8:16-17 : 16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, [even] the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 ¶ ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.› 45 ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:› 46 ‹Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.›

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

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