Proverbs 3:15

rubies This rendering is retained in R.V. text, with a reference to Job 28:18, where the alternative is given in the marg. of red coral, or pearls. The expression "more ruddy" (which those, however, who render "pearls," take to mean "more bright"), Lamentations 4:7, would seem to confine our choice to rubies or red coral. The word occurs frequently in this Book (Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 31:10). The LXX. evade the difficulty with λίθων πολυτελῶν, precious stones, and the Vulg. follows suit with cunctis opibus. See note in this Series on Lamentations 4:7, and Smith's Dict. of Bible, Art. Rubies.

all the things … are not This is the Hebrew way of saying, none of the things … are; and so it is rendered in R.V. Another example occurs in Psalms 25:3, where the P.B.V. preserves the Heb. idiom, and A.V. and R.V. give the corresponding English form of expression.