The topaz of Kush is not to be compared with it, nor is it valued in clean gold.
“You were in Ě
“My fruit is better than gold and fine gold, And my increase than choice silver.
And they filled it with four rows of stones: a row of ruby, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row;
“And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row is a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
And wisdom – from where does it come? And where is the place of understanding?
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, And the man who gets understanding;
There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.