Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. New Living Translation Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. English Standard Version She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Berean Standard Bible She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. King James Bible She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. New King James Version She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. New American Standard Bible She is more precious than jewels, And nothing you desire compares with her. NASB 1995 She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her. NASB 1977 She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her. Legacy Standard Bible She is more precious than pearls; And nothing you desire compares with her. Amplified Bible She is more precious than rubies; And nothing you can wish for compares with her [in value]. Christian Standard Bible She is more precious than jewels; nothing you desire can equal her. Holman Christian Standard Bible She is more precious than jewels; nothing you desire compares with her. American Standard Version She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For it is more valuable than precious stones and nothing is comparable to it. Brenton Septuagint Translation And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value. Contemporary English Version Wisdom is more valuable than precious jewels; nothing you want compares with her. Douay-Rheims Bible She is more precious than all riches : and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her. English Revised Version She is more precious than rubies: and none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Wisdom] is more precious than jewels, and all your desires cannot equal it. Good News Translation Wisdom is more valuable than jewels; nothing you could want can compare with it. International Standard Version She is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her. JPS Tanakh 1917 She is more precious than rubies; And all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Literal Standard Version She [is] precious above rubies, | And all your pleasures are not comparable to her. Majority Standard Bible She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. New American Bible She is more precious than corals, and no treasure of yours can compare with her. NET Bible She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her. New Revised Standard Version She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. New Heart English Bible She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. Webster's Bible Translation She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her. World English Bible She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. Young's Literal Translation Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Blessings of Wisdom…14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. 15She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. 16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.… Cross References Job 28:18 Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies. Proverbs 8:10 Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her. Treasury of Scripture She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her. more Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Proverbs 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. all Psalm 63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Psalm 73:25,26 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee… Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Jump to Previous Comparable Compare Compared Comparison Desire Equal Fair Jewels Pleasures Precious Rubies ValueJump to Next Comparable Compare Compared Comparison Desire Equal Fair Jewels Pleasures Precious Rubies ValueProverbs 3 1. various exhortations13. The gain of wisdom 27. Exhortation to goodness 33. the different state of the wicked and upright (15) Rubies.--The meaning of the Hebrew peninim is doubtful. Lamentations 4:7 shows the colour to have been red; "coral" is a probable rendering; that of "pearls" is unlikely. For the thought, comp. Job 28:15-19.Verse 15. - Rubies (Khetib, p'niyim; Keri, p'ninim). No unanimous opinion has been arrived at as to the real signification of the word here translated "rubies." The majority of the rabbins (among them Rashi), and Bochart, Hartman, Bohlen, Lee on Job 38:18, and Zockler, render it "pearls." Its meaning seems to lie between this and "corals," the rendering adopted by Michaelis, Gesenius, and Delitzsch (following Fleischer), who says that the Hebrew p'ninim corresponds with the Arabia word whose root idea is "shooting forth," and means "a branch." The peculiar branching form in which corm is found favours this opinion, which is strengthened by the passage in Lamentations 4:7, where we get additional information as to color, "They [the Nazarites] were more ruddy in body than rubies," a description of which would apply to "coral," but is scarcely applicable to "pearls." The various versions suggest the further idea that p'ninim was a descriptive word used to denote precious stones in general. The LXX. renders, "She is more precious than precious stones (λίθων πολυτελῶν)." So the Targum Jonathan, Syriac, and Arabic. The Vulgate renders. "She is more precious than all riches (cunctis opibus)." The word p'ninim only occurs here (Keri) and in Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 31:10; and in Job and Lamentations as above. This passage, as well as Proverbs 8:11, which is an almost literal repetition of it, are imitations of Job 28:18. The identification of p'ninim with "pearls" may have suggested our Lord's parable of the pearl of great price (Matthew 13:45, 46). All the things thou canst desire (kal-khaphatseyka); literally, all thy desires. Here everything in which you have pleasure, or all your precious things; LXX., πᾶν τίμον; Vulgate, omnia, quae desiderantur. The comparison, which has risen from the less to the more valuable, culminates in this comprehensive expression. There is nothing, neither silver, gold, precious stones, nor anything precious, which is an equivalent (shavah) to Wisdom in value. How it shows, when everything is put before us to choose from, that, like Solomon at Gibeon, we should prefer wisdom (1 Kings 3:11-13)! In the second half of this verse the LXX. substitutes, "No evil thing competes with her; she is well known to all that approach her." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Sheהִ֭יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is more precious יְקָ֣רָה (yə·qā·rāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 3368: Precious, rare, splendid, weighty than rubies; מִפְּנִינִ֑ים (mip·pə·nî·nîm) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6443: A pearl nothing וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every you desire חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ (ḥă·p̄ā·ṣe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2656: Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter compares יִֽשְׁווּ־ (yiš·wū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7737: To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust with her. בָֽהּ׃ (ḇāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Proverbs 3:15 NIVProverbs 3:15 NLT Proverbs 3:15 ESV Proverbs 3:15 NASB Proverbs 3:15 KJV Proverbs 3:15 BibleApps.com Proverbs 3:15 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 3:15 Chinese Bible Proverbs 3:15 French Bible Proverbs 3:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 3:15 She is more precious than rubies (Prov. 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