7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.


In Context

4 He taught me, and said to me: |Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.|

Proverbs 4:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7The beginning of wisdom is, Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7The first thing is wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.