Proverbs 16:16 - Revised Standard Version CI To get wisdom is better 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. |
for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight.
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever 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 preserves the life of him who has it.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?