job 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. - Free Bible Online

job 28:18 "Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is above [that of] pearls.


      18. Red coral (Eze 27:16).
      pearls--literally, "what is frozen." Probably crystal; and Job 28:17 will then be glass.
      rubies--UMBREIT translates "pearls" (see La 4:1; Pr 3:15). The Urim and Thummim, the means of consulting God by the twelve stones on the high priest's breastplate, "the stones of the sanctuary" (La 4:1), have their counterpart in this chapter; the precious stones symbolizing the "light" and "perfection" of the divine wisdom.

JFB.


Questions Related to this Verse

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About Coral?

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About Pearls?

Where In Scripture Does It Talk About A Ruby?

Where In Scripture does it talk about being wise in the things of God?

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