Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
Job 28:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
- KJV
- It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.It…: Heb. Fine gold shall not be given for it
- WEB
- It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
- ASV
- It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
- LSV
- Gold is not given for it, || Nor is silver weighed—its price.
- YLT
- Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed — its price.
- DBY
- Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
- DRC
- The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
- GNV
- Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
- JPS
- It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
- LXXE
- One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֹא־יֻתַּ֣ן סְג֣וֹר תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְלֹ֥א יִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗ל כֶּ֣סֶף מְחִירָֽהּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Οὐ δώσει συνκλεισμὸν ἀντʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ σταθήσεται ἀργύριον ἀντάλλαγμα αὐτῆς.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- Proverbs 8:10–11Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 3:13–15Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with…
- Job 28:18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
- Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
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