Parallel Bible results for "job 28:15-25"

Job 28:15-25

15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

16 It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

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

18 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

19 The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.

22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

22 Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”

23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

23 God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,

24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

24 for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

25 When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

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