Proverbs 24:3

Contemporary English Version

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Use wisdom and understanding to establish your home;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A house is built by wisdom,and it is established by understanding;

Hebrew Names Version
Through wisdom a house is built; By understanding it is established;

King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

English Standard Version
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

New American Standard Bible
By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;

New Century Version
It takes wisdom to have a good family, and it takes understanding to make it strong.

Amplified Bible
Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built, And by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],

World English Bible
Through wisdom a house is built; By understanding it is established;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.

Legacy Standard Bible
By wisdom a house is built,And by discernment it is firmly established;

Berean Standard Bible
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

Complete Jewish Bible
By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is made secure,

Darby Translation
Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;

Easy-to-Read Version
Good homes are built on wisdom and understanding.

George Lamsa Translation
Through wisdom a house is built; and by understanding it is established;

Good News Translation

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Homes are built on the foundation of wisdom and understanding.

Lexham English Bible
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.

Literal Translation
Through wisdom a house is built, and it is established by understanding,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp.

American Standard Version
Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;

Bible in Basic English
The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established;

King James Version (1611)
Through wisedome is an house builded, and by vnderstanding it is established.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.

English Revised Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
An hous schal be bildid bi wisdom, and schal be maad strong bi prudence.

Update Bible Version
Through wisdom is a house built; And by understanding it is established;

Webster's Bible Translation
Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:

New English Translation
By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

New King James Version
Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;

New Living Translation
A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense.

New Life Bible
A house is built by wisdom. It is made strong by understanding,

New Revised Standard
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established;

Douay-Rheims Bible
By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.

Revised Standard Version
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

Young's Literal Translation
By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

THE MESSAGE
20 It takes wisdom to build a house, and understanding to set it on a firm foundation; It takes knowledge to furnish its rooms with fine furniture and beautiful draperies.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;

Contextual Overview

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Use wisdom and understanding to establish your home; ⁴ let good sense fill the rooms with priceless treasures. ⁵

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Wisdom brings strength, and knowledge gives power. ⁶ Battles are won by listening to advice and making a lot of plans.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wisdom: Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 14:1, 1 Corinthians 3:9

it is: 2 Samuel 7:26, Jeremiah 10:12, Colossians 2:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:21 - made them Ezra 8:18 - a man of understanding Proverbs 12:7 - the house Proverbs 16:20 - handleth Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.

Genesis 14:19
and said to Abram: "I bless you in the name of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 14:22
Abram answered: The Lord God Most High made the heavens and the earth. And I have promised him

Genesis 21:23
Now I want you to promise in the name of God that you will always be loyal to me and my descendants, just as I have always been loyal to you in this land where you have lived as a foreigner."

Genesis 24:3
in the name of the Lord , who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 24:4
Instead, go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for him from among my relatives."

Genesis 24:14
and I'll ask one of them for a drink. If she gives me a drink and then offers to get some water for my camels, I'll know she is the one you have chosen and that you have kept your promise to my master.

Genesis 24:15
While he was still praying, a beautiful unmarried young woman came by with a water jar on her shoulder. She was Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah. Rebekah walked past Abraham's servant, then went over to the well, and filled her water jar. When she started back,

Genesis 24:17
Abraham's servant ran to her and said, "Please let me have a drink of water."

Genesis 24:19
After he had finished, she said, "Now I'll give your camels all the water they want." She quickly poured out water for them, and she kept going back for more, until his camels had drunk all they wanted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Through wisdom is a house builded,.... A family is built up, furnished and supplied with the necessaries and conveniences of life, and brought into flourishing and prosperous circumstances, by wise and prudent management, by diligence and industry, through the blessing of God upon them, without taking such methods as evil men do. The house of God, the church of the living God, is built by Wisdom, that is, by Christ; on a good foundation, a rock, upon himself, against which the gates of hell can never prevail; see Proverbs 9:1. Every good man's house, himself, his soul, and the eternal salvation of it, are built on the same; and he is a wise man that builds his house through wisdom; that builds on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the one and only foundation which God has laid, which is Jesus Christ;

and by understanding it is established; the prosperity of a man's family is continued and secured by his prudent conduct. The church of God is established by Christ, who is understanding as well as wisdom; see Proverbs 8:14; and every true believer is established in Christ, and in the faith of him; and that as he has more and more an understanding of him and of divine things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 24:3. Through wisdom is a house blinded — That is, a family; household affairs. Proverbs 9:1, &c.