Proverbs 3:15

Rubies. The word here translated “rubies” is not used in the Bible in a context that makes its precise meaning clear. Some translate it “pearls”; others, “precious stones of all kinds”; still others, “coral,” because a similar Arabic word means “branching.” This much is clear from v. 14, that the word signifies something very precious, perhaps even more so than “fine gold,” for Solomon seems to be building up to a climax of value. Wisdom is so much to be desired that there is nothing a man may wish for that can surpass it in value. The LXX reads, “precious stones.”