◄ Job 28:15 ►
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Good News Translation
It cannot be bought with silver or gold.

New Revised Standard Version
It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed out as its price.

Contemporary English Version
It is worth much more than silver or pure gold

New American Bible
Solid gold cannot purchase her, nor can her price be paid with silver.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

It cannot be gotten for gold.

Job 28:18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

Proverbs 3:13-15 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: . . .

Proverbs 8:10,17,19 For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. . . .

Proverbs 16:16 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
…14The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me. 15The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.16It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.…
Cross References
Job 28:14
The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

Job 28:16
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

Proverbs 3:13
The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold:

Proverbs 3:14
She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.

Proverbs 8:10
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:11
I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.

Proverbs 8:19
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

Proverbs 16:16
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Job 28:14
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