Proverbs 3:14

In 11 translations

BSB

for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.

KJV

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

WEB

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

ASV

For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.

LSV

For better [is] her merchandise || Than the merchandise of silver, || And than gold—her increase.

YLT

For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold — her increase.

DBY

For the gain thereof is better than the gain of silver, and her revenue than fine gold.

DRC

The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

GNV

For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

JPS

For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

LXXE

For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.

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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

כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב סַ֭חְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּ֑סֶף וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Κρεῖσσον γὰρ αὐτὴν ἐμπορεύεσθαι, ἢ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου θησαυρούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 8:10–11Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
• Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
• Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
• Job 28:13–19No 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 me.’ It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed…
• Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
• Psalms 119:162I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
• Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
• 2 Chronicles 1:11–12God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and…
• Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
• Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
• Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• Philippians 3:8–9More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him,…

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