There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Job 28:18 - Revised Standard Version No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: For the price of wisdom is above rubies. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; for the possession of Wisdom is even above rubies or pearls. American Standard Version (1901) No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. Common English Bible Coral and jasper shouldn’t be mentioned; the price of wisdom is more than rubies. Catholic Public Domain Version The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places. |
There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding,
She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, the beauty of their form was like sapphire.
Edom trafficked with you because of your abundant goods; they exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.
“Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you.
also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire
The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and bedecked with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication;
cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.