“Next he explains what he had said about the fact that wisdom has no price, and he enumerates those things which are thought most valuable among men, saying, "The gold of Ophir," that is, the most pure gold, "will not be traded for it," because the price of wisdom cannot be valued in any amount of gold. After gold, sil…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Job
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15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
— Job 28:15 —
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.