Parallel Verses
NET Bible
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable 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.
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 there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain. 16 How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver. 17 The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.
Job 28:13-28
Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
Proverbs 8:10-11
Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Psalm 119:127
For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.
Proverbs 3:15-18
She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme -- so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
Matthew 16:26
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:21
So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."