Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The obtaining of wisdom how good above gold and the obtaining of understanding to be chosen above 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!
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.
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 the king's face is life, and his acceptance as the cloud of the latter rain. 16 The obtaining of wisdom how good above gold and the obtaining of understanding to be chosen above silver. 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: to watch his ways the guarding of his soul.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is good above gold, and above pure gold; and my gain above tried silver.
Job 28:13-28
And man knew not its estimation, and it shall not be found in the land of the living.
Proverbs 8:10-11
Receive my instruction and not silver and knowledge above tried gold.
Psalm 119:127
For this I loved thy commands above gold, and above fine gold.
Proverbs 3:15-18
She is precious above red corals: and all thy delights shall not be equal with her.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For in the shadow, wisdom; in the shadow, silver: and the excellence of knowledge is wisdom shall preserve alive those possessing it
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 12:21
So he treasuring up for himself, and not rich toward God.