The Excellence of Wisdom
Proverbs 8:19
In 11 translations
- BSB
- My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- KJV
- My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
- WEB
- My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
- ASV
- My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.
- LSV
- My fruit [is] better than gold, even fine gold, || And my increase than choice silver.
- YLT
- Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.
- DBY
- My fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
- DRC
- For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
- GNV
- My fruite is better then golde, euen then fine golde, and my reuenues better then fine siluer.
- JPS
- My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.
- LXXE
- It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice 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
- ט֣וֹב פִּ֭רְיִי מֵחָר֣וּץ וּמִפָּ֑ז וּ֝תְבוּאָתִ֗י מִכֶּ֥סֶף נִבְחָֽר׃
- LXX-Br
- Βέλτιον ἐμὲ καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον, τὰ δὲ ἐμὰ γεννήματα κρείσσω ἀργυρίου ἐκλεκτοῦ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 10:20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
- Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).