How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 8:11 - New Revised Standard Version for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and drippings of the honeycomb.
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.
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?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?”