Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
New American Standard Bible
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
King James Version
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Holman Bible
how much better it is than gold!
And get understanding—
it is preferable to silver.
International Standard Version
How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!
A Conservative Version
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
American Standard Version
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Amplified
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
Bible in Basic English
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Darby Translation
How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
Julia Smith Translation
The obtaining of wisdom how good above gold and the obtaining of understanding to be chosen above silver.
King James 2000
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.
Modern King James verseion
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
To have wisdom in possession is better than gold; and to get understanding is more worth than silver.
NET Bible
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
New Heart English Bible
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold. Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
The Emphasized Bible
To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!
Webster
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?
World English Bible
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
15 In the light of a king's face is life, And his good-will is as a cloud of the latter rain. 16 To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver! 17 A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 8:19
Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.
Job 28:13-28
Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Proverbs 8:10-11
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
Psalm 119:127
Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.
Proverbs 3:15-18
Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
Proverbs 4:7
The first thing is wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom is a defense, money is a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is, She reviveth her possessors.
Matthew 16:26
for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
Luke 12:21
so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'