Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

New American Standard Bible

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

King James Version

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Holman Bible

Get wisdom—
how much better it is than gold!
And get understanding—
it is preferable to silver.

International Standard Version

How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!

A Conservative Version

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

American Standard Version

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

Amplified


How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

Darby Translation

How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!

Julia Smith Translation

The obtaining of wisdom how good above gold and the obtaining of understanding to be chosen above silver.

King James 2000

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Lexham Expanded Bible

Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.

Modern King James verseion

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

To have wisdom in possession is better than gold; and to get understanding is more worth than silver.

NET Bible

How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

New Heart English Bible

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold. Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

The Emphasized Bible

To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!

Webster

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?

World English Bible

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

Youngs Literal Translation

To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
is it to get
קנה 
Qanah 
Usage: 84

חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

חרץ חרוּץ 
Charuwts 
Usage: 18

and to get
קנה 
Qanah 
Usage: 84

rather to be chosen
בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

References

Easton

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

15 In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain. 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver. 17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.



Cross References

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

Job 28:13-28

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

Proverbs 8:10-11

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

Psalm 119:127

For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.

Proverbs 3:15-18

She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.

Proverbs 4:7

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

Matthew 16:26

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Luke 12:21

So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

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