Proverbs 8:11 - 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. 更多版本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. English Standard Version 2016 for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her. |
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! And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?