Bible verse
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
Job 28:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 28.
13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
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.
19 Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
KJV
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
ASV
Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
ERV
Gold and glass cannot equal it: neither shall the exchange thereof be jewels of fine gold.
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