Proverbs 19:14
 Proverbs 19:14 
English Standard Version (© 2001)
House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

King James Bible
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

American Standard Version
House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation
House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.

Proverbs 19:14 Additional Translations
Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

14 House and riches are a paternal inheritance,

     But from Jahve cometh a prudent wife.

House and riches (opulentia), which in themselves do not make men happy, one may receive according to the law of inheritance; but a prudent wife is God's gracious gift, Proverbs 18:22. There is not a more suitable word than משׂכּלת (fem. of משׂכּיל) to characterize a wife as a divine gift, making her husband happy. שׂכל (השׂכּל) is the property which says: "I am named modesty, which wears the crown of all virtues."

(Note: The lxx translates: παρὰ δὲ ἁρμόζεται γυνὴ ἀνδοί. Here as often (vid., my Jesurun) The Arab. usus loquendi makes itself felt in the idiom of the lxx, for shâkl means ἁρμόζειν.)


Proverbs 19:14 Parallel Commentaries
Fathers Good Heritage House Houses Inheritance Inherited Parents Prudent Riches Sense Understanding Wealth Wife
Fathers Good Heritage House Houses Inheritance Inherited Parents Prudent Riches Sense Understanding Wealth Wife
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Proverbs 19:14 Mobile Bible
Proverbs 19:14 Bible Suite
Proverbs 19:14 Biblia Paralela
Proverbs 19:14 Chinese Bible

Bible Apps
Bible Hub


2 Corinthians 12:14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 31:10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.