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It can`t be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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More Precious Than Gold
The verse lists the most valuable materials known in the ancient world: the legendary gold of Ophir and precious gems like onyx and sapphire. Commentators explain that this list of 'top-shelf' valuables serves to emphasize a single point: true wisdom is so precious that it cannot be purchased or valued with any amount of material wealth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The gold of Ophir - Uniformly spoken of as the most precious gold; see the notes at (Job 22:24).
With the precious ony…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir Which is often spoken of in Scripture as choice gold, if not the best; (<…
Job here speaks of wisdom and understanding, the knowing and enjoying of God and ourselves. Its worth is infinitely more than all the riches in thi…
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13th Century
Catholic
Since the author had shown that all precious things found in physical bodies are contained in specific places—which, though unknown to men, are sti…
