The Meaning of Job 28:16 Explained

Job 28:16

KJV: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

YLT: It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

Darby: It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.

ASV: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

It cannot be valued  with the gold  of Ophir,  with the precious  onyx,  or the sapphire. 

What does Job 28:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 28:1-28 - The Pearl Of Great Price
A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1-12. This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner's exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through all till he obtains his golden spoil. Would that we were as persistent in our quest for the knowledge of God! Paul was a great miner; he went down into caverns of pain and sorrow, that he might bring to light the treasures of God's wisdom and love.
Only God knows God, Job 28:23. In the depths of His nature, dark with excess of light but hidden from the falcon's eye of human genius, are both knowledge and understanding. He waits to reveal these things to babes, saying, "Fear God, and you will be wise. Depart from evil, and you will understand," Job 28:28. Christ is the Word and the Wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 1:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 28

1  There is a knowledge of natural things
12  But wisdom is an excellent gift of God

What do the individual words in Job 28:16 mean?

Cannot it be valued in the gold of Ophir in onyx precious or sapphire
לֹֽא־ תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר

לֹֽא־  Cannot 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תְ֭סֻלֶּה  it  be  valued 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סָלָה 
Sense: to make light of, toss aside.
בְּכֶ֣תֶם  in  the  gold 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֶּתֶם  
Sense: gold, pure gold.
אוֹפִ֑יר  of  Ophir 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֹופִיר 
Sense: eleventh son of Joktan.
בְּשֹׁ֖הַם  in  onyx 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁהַם  
Sense: a precious stone or gem.
יָקָ֣ר  precious 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יְקִפָּאֹון 
Sense: valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid.
וְסַפִּֽיר  or  sapphire 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סַפִּיר  
Sense: sapphire, lapis lazuli.

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