Job 28:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

New Living Translation
Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.

English Standard Version
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.

Berean Study Bible
Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

New American Standard Bible
“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is more valuable than pearls.

NASB 1995
"Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls.

NASB 1977
“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls.

Amplified Bible
“No mention of coral and crystal can be made; For the possession of wisdom is even above [that of] rubies or pearls.

Christian Standard Bible
Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning. The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning. The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.

Contemporary English Version
Wisdom is worth much more than coral, jasper, or rubies.

Good News Translation
The value of wisdom is more Than coral or crystal or rubies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
be exchanged for it. Wisdom is more valuable than gems.

International Standard Version
Don't even bother to mention coral and crystal— wisdom is more valuable than a bag of rubies.

NET Bible
Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

New King James Version
No mention shall be made of coral or quartz, For the price of wisdom is above rubies.

King James 2000 Bible
No mention shall be made of coral, or of crystal: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

New Heart English Bible
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

World English Bible
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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

American Standard Version
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

A Faithful Version
No mention shall be made of coral, or of crystal; and the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Darby Bible Translation
Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

English Revised Version
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Webster's Bible Translation
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellet, as once to be named vnto her: for parfecte wysdome goeth farre beyonde the all.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Corals and pearl are not remembered, "" The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.

Young's Literal Translation
Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

Smith's Literal Translation
High things, and crystal, shall not be remembered: and the drawing out of wisdom above pearls.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Better is wisdom than precious stones; agate does not compare to it, neither with emeralds nor with chalcedony is it exchanged, for wisdom is better than everything, and nothing compares to it

Lamsa Bible
For the price of wisdom is above that of precious stones. Nor can colored gems, emeralds, and diamonds equal it.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do thou esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
















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