It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Lamentations 4:7 - English Standard Version 2016 Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, the beauty of their form was like sapphire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk, They were more ruddy in body than rubies, Their polishing was of sapphire: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [In physical appearance] her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies or corals, their shapely figures [suggested a carefully cut] sapphire. American Standard Version (1901) Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire. Common English Bible Her nazirites were purer than snow; they were more dazzling than milk. Their limbs were redder than coral; their bodies were sapphire. Catholic Public Domain Version ZAIN. Her Nazirites were whiter than snow, shinier than milk, more ruddy than ancient ivory, more beautiful than sapphire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire. |
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.
His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king’s food.
for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”
And he told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.”
And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”