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In Context

8 All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.

9 They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.

10 Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.

11 11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to

12 I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.

13 The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

Proverbs 8:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:11for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.