For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
WEB
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
YLT
For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.
DBT
for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.