Proverbs 9:10

In 11 translations

BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

KJV

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

WEB

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

ASV

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

LSV

The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of YHWH, || And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.

YLT

The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.

DBY

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.

DRC

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

GNV

The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.

JPS

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

LXXE

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is the character of a sound mind.Or, summit.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

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

תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ βουλὴ ἁγίων σύνεσις· τὸ γὰρ γνῶναι νόμον, διανοίας ἐστὶν ἀγαθῆς.

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
• Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
• Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
• Proverbs 2:5then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
• 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
• Proverbs 30:3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
• Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).