Proverbs 2:4

In 11 translations

BSB

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

KJV

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

WEB

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

ASV

If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

LSV

If you seek her as silver, || And search for her as hid treasures,

YLT

If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

DBY

if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

DRC

If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:

GNV

If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,

JPS

If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

LXXE

and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

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Original-language editions

WLC

אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἐὰν ζητήσῃς αὐτὴν ὡς ἀργύριον, καὶ ὡς θησευροὺς ἐξεραυνήσῃς αὐτήν·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
• Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
• Matthew 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
• Job 3:21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
• Proverbs 8:18–19With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
• Job 28:12–20But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with…
• Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Psalms 119:14I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
• Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is…
• Proverbs 3:14–15for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
• Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
• Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
• Matthew 19:21–22Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he…
• Matthew 6:19–21Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where…
• Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

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