Job 28:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 28:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 28:16 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 28:16 — KJV
“It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.”
— Job 28:16 (KJV)
Job 28:16 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 28:16
“Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. sardius: or, ruby beryl: or, chrysolite emerald: or, chrysoprase”
Shares key themes with Job 28:16: gold, precious, onyx
“And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. almug...: also called, algum trees”
Shares key themes with Job 28:16: gold, ophir, precious
“Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:16: gold, precious, onyx
“And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. algum...: also called, almug trees”
Shares key themes with Job 28:16: gold, ophir, precious
“I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:16: gold, ophir, precious
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