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Job 28:18 — King James Version← Study notes

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.


Job 28:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 28:187 words
HebrewMeaning
רָאמ֣וֹתrāʾmwōt
coralsnounH7215
וְ֭/גָבִישׁwəgābiyš
and crystalconjH1378
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִזָּכֵ֑רyizākēr
it is rememberedverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
וּ/מֶ֥שֶׁךְwmešekə
and the price ofconjH4901
price
חָ֝כְמָ֗הḥākəmāh
wisdomnounH2451
wisdom · wisely · wit
מִ/פְּנִינִֽיםmipəniyniym
is more than pearlspronH6443
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 28:18

-15. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof: neither is it found in the land of them that live pleasantly. The depth saith, It is not with me, and the sea saith, It is not with me. Fine gold shall not be given for it: neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof: It is first to be noted, that two points be proposed to himself, and two he adds making answer. For to this that he said above, Where…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 18 §60
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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