Proverbs 8:10

Contemporary English Version

Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Accept my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than pure gold.

Hebrew Names Version
Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.

King James Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

English Standard Version
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,

New Century Version
Choose my teachings instead of silver, and knowledge rather than the finest gold.

New English Translation
Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Amplified Bible
"Take my instruction rather than [seeking] silver, And take knowledge rather than choicest gold,

New American Standard Bible
"Accept my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

World English Bible
Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.

Legacy Standard Bible
Take my discipline and not silver,And knowledge rather than choicest fine gold.

Berean Standard Bible
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

Complete Jewish Bible
Receive my instruction, rather than silver; knowledge, rather than the finest gold.

Darby Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:

Easy-to-Read Version
Choose discipline over silver and knowledge over the finest gold.

George Lamsa Translation
Receive discipline and not silver; and choose for yourself knowledge rather than fine gold.

Good News Translation
Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.

Lexham English Bible
Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.

Literal Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge, rather than choice gold.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde.

American Standard Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Bible in Basic English
Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

King James Version (1611)
Receiue my instruction, and not siluer: and knowledge rather then choise gold.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.

English Revised Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour.

Update Bible Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Webster's Bible Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

New King James Version
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;

New Living Translation
Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

New Life Bible
Take my teaching instead of silver. Take much learning instead of fine gold.

New Revised Standard
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.

Revised Standard Version
Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;

Young's Literal Translation
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

Contextual Overview

¹ With great understanding, Wisdom is calling out ² as she stands at the crossroads and on every hill. ³ She stands by the city gate where everyone enters the city, and she shouts: ⁴ "I am calling out to each one of you! ⁵ Good sense and sound judgment can be yours. ⁶ Listen, because what I say is worthwhile and right. ⁷ I always speak the truth and refuse to tell a lie. ⁸ Every word I speak is honest, not one is misleading or deceptive. ⁹ "If you have understanding, you will see that my words are just what you need. ¹⁰ Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 2:5, Proverbs 3:13, Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 23:23, Psalms 119:72, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 119:162, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Acts 3:6, 2 Corinthians 6:10

Reciprocal: Job 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold Psalms 19:10 - than gold Psalms 32:8 - instruct Proverbs 1:3 - receive Proverbs 4:10 - my Proverbs 8:19 - General Jeremiah 17:23 - nor Jeremiah 35:13 - Will Ezekiel 3:10 - receive Matthew 13:45 - like John 17:8 - received Acts 17:11 - they received 1 Corinthians 3:12 - gold Revelation 18:12 - merchandise

Cross-References

Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain that will last for forty days and nights, and I will destroy all other living creatures I have made.

Genesis 7:10
Seven days later a flood began to cover the earth.

Genesis 8:12
He waited seven more days before sending the dove out again, and this time it did not return.

Psalms 40:1

(A psalm by David for the music leader.)

I patiently waited, Lord , for you to hear my prayer. You listened

Isaiah 8:17
Meanwhile, I patiently trust the Lord , even though he is no longer pleased with Israel.

Isaiah 26:8
You are the one we trust to bring about justice; above all else we want your name to be honored.

Romans 8:25
However, we hope for something we have not yet seen, and we patiently wait for it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Receive my instruction, and not silver,.... Not but that silver may be desired, sought after and received, consistent with the instructions of wisdom; though an anxious, immoderate, sinful pursuit after it, hinders the reception of them; and when they are in competition, the one is to be preferred to the other: the doctrines of the Gospel are of more worth, and more to be desired, than thousands of gold and silver; and therefore the meaning is, that the instruction of wisdom should be received rather than silver; it should have the preference; so Gersom interprets it, and with which agrees the following clause:

and knowledge rather than choice gold; that is, the knowledge of Christ, and the knowledge of God in Christ; the knowledge of the Gospel, and the truths of it; a spiritual and experimental knowledge of these things is of more value than the finest gold, than the gold of Ophir; see Psalms 19:10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 8:10. Receive my instruction, and not silver — A Hebrew idiom; receive my instruction in preference to silver.