Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice 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.
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen 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 countenance, is life, and, his good-pleasure, is like the cloud of harvest-rain. 16 To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver! 17 The highway of the upright, is to avoid evil, He preserveth his soul, who guardeth his way.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 8:19
Better is my fruit, than gold - yea fine gold, and mine increase, than choice silver;
Job 28:13-28
Mortal knoweth not the way thereof, neither can it be found in the land of the living;
Proverbs 8:10-11
Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.
Psalm 119:127
For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
Proverbs 3:15-18
More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her:
Proverbs 4:7
The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For, a protection, is wisdom, and, a protection, is silver, - but, the advantage of knowledge, is, that, wisdom, giveth life to the possessors thereof.
Matthew 16:26
For what shall a man be profited, though, the whole world, he gain, and, his life, he forfeit? Or what shall a man give, in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:21
So, is he that is laying up treasure for himself, and is not rich, towards God.