Job 28:16

16 No puede ser apreciada con oro de Ofir, ni con ónice precioso, ni con zafiro

Job 28:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 28:16

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir
Which is often spoken of in Scripture as choice gold, if not the best; (See Gill on Job 22:24); the sense is, that the gold of Ophir is not of the value of wisdom, or of the same worth with that, and so not sufficient to purchase it: with the precious onyx and sapphire: two precious stones that were in the breastplate of the high priest, of which (See Gill on Exodus 28:9), (See Gill on Exodus 28:18), and (See Gill on Exodus 28:20); but not so precious, or of such value as wisdom. Pliny ^F25 speaks of the onyx stone as in Arabia, near which Job lived, and who doubtless was acquainted with it and its worth, and also with the sapphire he makes mention of before, (See Gill on Job 28:6). The word for "valued" is by some rendered "strowed" ^F26, as goods are when they are exposed to sale; but wisdom should not be laid, or put on a level with these, though so excellent and precious.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Nat. Hist. l. 37. c. 6.
F26 (hlot) "verbum significat sternere", Michaelis.

Job 28:16 In-Context

14 El abismo dice: No está en mí; y el mar dijo: Ni conmigo

15 No se dará por oro, ni su precio será a peso de plata

16 No puede ser apreciada con oro de Ofir, ni con ónice precioso, ni con zafiro

17 El oro no se le igualará, ni el diamante; ni se cambiará por vaso de oro fino

18 De coral ni de perlas no se hará mención; la sabiduría es mejor que las piedras preciosas