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Job 28:18

NETBible	Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price¹ of wisdom is more than pearls.²
NIV © biblegateway Job 28:18	Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
NASB © biblegateway Job 28:18	"Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls.
NLT © biblegateway Job 28:18	Coral and valuable rock crystal are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above pearls.
MSG © biblegateway Job 28:18	Pearl necklaces and ruby bracelets--why bother? None of this is even a down payment on Wisdom!
BBE © SABDAweb Job 28:18	There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 28:18	No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 28:18	No mention shall be made of coral or quartz, For the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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KJV	No mention <02142> (8735) shall be made of coral <07215>_, or of pearls <01378>_: for the price <04901> of wisdom <02451> [is] above rubies <06443>_. {coral: or, Ramoth}
NASB © biblegateway Job 28:18	"Coral <07215> and crystal <01378> are not to be mentioned <02142> ; And the acquisition <04901> of wisdom <02451> is above <04480> that of pearls <06443> .
LXXM	metewra {A-NPN} kai <2532> CONJ gabiv {N-PRI} ou <3364> ADV mnhsyhsetai <3403> V-FPI-3S kai <2532> CONJ elkuson {V-AAD-2S} sofian <4678> N-ASF uper <5228> PREP ta <3588> T-APN eswtata {A-APNS}
NET [draft] ITL	Of coral <07215> and jasper <01378> no <03808> mention <02142> will be made; the price <04901> of wisdom <02451> is more than pearls <06443> .
HEBREW	Mynynpm <06443> hmkx <02451> Ksmw <04901> rkzy <02142> al <03808> sybgw <01378> twmar (28:18) <07215>

NETBible

Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price¹ of wisdom is more than pearls.²

NET Notes

¹tn The word מֶשֶׁךְ (meshekh) comes from a root meaning “to grasp; to seize; to hold,” and so the derived noun means “grasping; acquiring; taking possession,” and therefore, “price” (see the discussion in R. Gordis, Job, 309). Gray renders it “acquisition” (so A. Cohen, AJSL 40 [1923/24]: 175).

²tn In Lam 4:7 these are described as red, and so have been identified as rubies (so NIV) or corals.