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Job 28:16
Job 28:16 is verse 16 of Job chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
King James Version
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
World English Bible
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
or, lapis lazuli
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Job 28:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Exodus 28:20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.