Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
Proverbs 8:11 - 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. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. |
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.
Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.
For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
Nor is it beyond the sea: that thou mayst excuse thyself, and say: Which of us can cross the sea, and bring it unto us: that we may hear, and do that which is commanded?