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New King James Version
Proverbs 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;
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Christian Standard Bible®
Accept my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than pure gold.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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,
"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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Contemporary English Version
Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold.
Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold.
Complete Jewish Bible
Receive my instruction, rather than silver; knowledge, rather than the finest gold.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
Contextual Overview
1 Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice? 2 She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet. 3 She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors: 4 "To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. 5 O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart. 6 Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things; 7 For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them. 9 They are all plain to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge. 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice 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
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
Genesis 8:12
So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.
So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.
Psalms 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait on the LORD, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him.
And I will wait on the LORD, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him.
Isaiah 26:8
Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
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.
