How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 8:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto her. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. [Job 28:15; Ps. 19:10; 119:127.] American Standard Version (1901) For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. Common English Bible Wisdom is better than pearls; nothing is more delightful than she. Catholic Public Domain Version For wisdom is better than all that is most precious, and everything that is desirable cannot compare to her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it. |
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver. י JOD
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
There is gold, and abundance of rubies: But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance: yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?