Job 28:18-19 (ESV)
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
Mankind spends much time looking for gold. We seem to like shiny things. Job is in a bad place in his life. In chapter 28 Job is pleading for help and looking where to find wisdom. Throughout the chapter, Job uses words to describe the value of wisdom. He talks about how much more valuable wisdom is over:
1. Iron
2. Ore
3. Grain from the earth
4. Sapphires
5. Bird of prey
6. Gold
7. Glass (imagine the value of it, in those days)
8. Jewels
In the above verse we read that wisdom is better than coral, crystal, pearls and/or gold. Wisdom is a shinny thing that we don’t look for with nearly enough intensity we should.
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