Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
No mention shalbe made of ‖Corall, or of Pearles: for the price of wisedome is aboue Rubies.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, Ramoth.
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- Proverbs 3:15Rank 1 from verse 18
- Proverbs 31:10Rank 2 from verse 18
- Ezekiel 27:16Rank 3 from verse 18
16Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
16†‖Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy faires with Emeraulds, purple, and broidered worke, and fine linen, and Corall, and Agate.
- Lamentations 4:7Rank 4 from verse 18
- 1 Timothy 2:9Rank 5 from verse 18
9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
9In like maner also, that women adorne themselues in modest apparell, with shamefastnesse and sobrietie, not with ‖broided haire, or gold, or pearles, or costly aray,
- Matthew 13:45–46Rank 6 from verse 18
45¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
45¶ Againe, the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a marchant man, seeking goodly pearles:
46Who when hee had found one pearle of great price, he went and solde all that he had, and bought it.
- Matthew 7:6Rank 7 from verse 18
6¶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
6¶ Giue not that which is holy vnto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearles before swine: lest they trample them vnder their feete, and turne againe and rent you.
- Proverbs 8:11Rank 8 from verse 18
- Revelation 17:4Rank 9 from verse 18
4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
4And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour, and †decked with gold, and precious stone & pearles, hauing a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthinesse of her fornication.
- Revelation 18:12Rank 10 from verse 18
12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
12The merchandise of gold, and siluer, and pretious stones, and of pearles, and fine linnen, and purple, and silke, and scarlet, and all ‖Thine wood, and all maner vessels of Yuorie, and all maner vessels of most precious wood, and of brasse, and iron, and marble,
- Revelation 21:21Rank 11 from verse 18
21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
21And the twelue gates were twelue pearles, euery seuerall gate was of one pearle, and the streete of the city was pure golde, as it were transparent glasse.
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Job 28:18
Sense 1: To speak of, name, or refer to. Sense 2: As a noun, a spoken reference or remembrance.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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A precious material.
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Precious, rounded substances formed within shellfish and used as jewels.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.
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17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
17The golde and the chrystall cannot equall it: and the exchange of it shall not be for ‖iewels of fine golde.
18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
18No mention shalbe made of ‖Corall, or of Pearles: for the price of wisedome is aboue Rubies.
Selected passage19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
19The Topaze of Ethiopia shall not equall it, neither shall it be valued with pure golde.