It happened the same day, that Yitzchak's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, *We have found water.*
Proverbs 2:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou seekest her as silver, And searchest for her as for hid treasures; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures, American Standard Version (1901) If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: Common English Bible Seek it like silver; search for it like hidden treasure. Catholic Public Domain Version if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure: |
It happened the same day, that Yitzchak's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, *We have found water.*
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
Therefore I love your mitzvot more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
*Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
*His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.