Catholic Public Domain Version
"The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment. "
— Job 28:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.”
“No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. ”
“No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.”
“Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.”
“High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.”
“There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.”
“No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.”
The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.
It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.