Job 28:15
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The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

It cannot be gotten for gold.

Job 28:18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

Proverbs 3:13-15 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: . . .

Proverbs 8:10,17,19 For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. . . .

Proverbs 16:16 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Context
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
14The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me. 15The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.16It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.…
Cross References
Job 28:14
The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

Job 28:16
It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

Proverbs 3:13
The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold:

Proverbs 3:14
She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared to her.

Proverbs 8:10
For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:11
I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.

Proverbs 8:19
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

Proverbs 16:16
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Lexicon
It cannot
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

be purchased
יֻתַּ֣ן (yut·tan)
Verb - QalPass - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

for gold,
תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ (taḥ·te·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

nor
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

its price
מְחִירָֽהּ׃ (mə·ḥî·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4242: Price, payment, wages

weighed out
יִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗ל (yiš·šā·qêl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8254: To suspend, poise

in silver.
כֶּ֣סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money


Additional Translations
It cannot be purchased for gold, nor its price weighed out in silver.It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

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

One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.

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

It cannot be obtained for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price of it.

It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price.
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