Proverbs 8:11

In 11 translations

BSB

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

KJV

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

WEB

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

ASV

For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

LSV

For wisdom [is] better than rubies, || Indeed, all delights are not comparable with it.

YLT

For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

DBY

for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.

DRC

For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

GNV

For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

JPS

For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.

LXXE

For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־טוֹבָ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה מִפְּנִינִ֑ים וְכָל־חֲ֝פָצִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 4:5–7Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may…
• 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.
• Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
• Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
• Proverbs 20:15There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
• 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?
• Job 28:15–19It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be…
• 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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