Saying 22
Proverbs 24:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.LXX The wise are mightier than the strong
- KJV
- A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.is strong: Heb. is in strengthincreaseth…: Heb. strengtheneth might
- WEB
- A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,
- ASV
- A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
- LSV
- The wise [is] mighty in strength, || And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
- YLT
- Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
- DBY
- A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
- DRC
- A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.
- GNV
- A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.
- JPS
- A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
- LXXE
- A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- גֶּֽבֶר־חָכָ֥ם בַּע֑וֹז וְאִֽישׁ־דַּ֝֗עַת מְאַמֶּץ־כֹּֽחַ׃
- LXX-Br
- Κρείσσων σοφὸς ἰσχυροῦ, καὶ ἀνὴρ φρόνησιν ἔχων γεωργίου μεγάλου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
- Colossians 1:11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
- Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
- Isaiah 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Proverbs 21:22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
- Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14–18There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it. Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one…
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
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