◄ Proverbs 16:16 ►
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Strong's | Hebrew | English | Morphology
7069 [e] | קְֽנֹה־ qə-nōh- | To acquire | V-Qal-Inf
2451 [e] | חָכְמָ֗ה ḥāḵ-māh | wisdom | N-fs
4100 [e] | מַה־ mah- | how much | Interrog
2896 [e] | טּ֥וֹב ṭō-wḇ | better | Adj-ms
2742 [e] | מֵחָר֑וּץ mê-ḥā-rūṣ | than gold | Prep-m | N-ms
7069 [e] | וּקְנ֥וֹת ū-qə-nō-wṯ | And to acquire | Conj-w | V-Qal-Inf
998 [e] | בִּ֝ינָ֗ה bî-nāh | understanding | N-fs
977 [e] | נִבְחָ֥ר niḇ-ḥār | [is] to be chosen | V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms
3701 [e] | מִכָּֽסֶף׃ mik-kā-sep̄ | above silver | Prep-m | N-ms
Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver. Young's Literal Translation To get wisdom—how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver! Holman Christian Standard Bible Get wisdom— how much better it is than gold! And get understanding— it is preferable to silver. New American Standard Bible How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver. King James Bible How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! Links Proverbs 16:16 • Proverbs 16:16 NIV • Proverbs 16:16 NLT • Proverbs 16:16 ESV • Proverbs 16:16 NASB • Proverbs 16:16 KJV • Proverbs 16:16 Biblia Paralela • Proverbs 16:16 Chinese Bible • Proverbs 16:16 French Bible • Proverbs 16:16 German Bible Bible Hub