Parallel Verses
World English Bible
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather 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?
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. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain. 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.
Job 28:13-28
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Proverbs 8:10-11
Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.
Psalm 119:127
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Proverbs 3:15-18
She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Matthew 16:26
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:21
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."