Proverbs 16:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. [Prov. 8:10, 19.] American Standard Version (1901) How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver. Common English Bible Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold, and acquiring understanding is better than silver. Catholic Public Domain Version Possess wisdom, for it is better than gold. And acquire prudence, for it is more precious than silver. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver. |
Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get insight.
My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.
For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”