Proverbs 8:11

11 For wisdom is better than precious stones, and nothing desirable can compare with it.^[a]

Proverbs 8:11 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom [is] better than rubies
A sort of precious stones: or, "than precious stones" ^F26 in general; so the Targum and Septuagint, Arabic and Syriac versions; even than all of them, as the Vulgate Latin version; or, than "pearls" ^F1, or "carbuncles" ^F2: there are none equal to it, nor is it to be procured by them; see ( Job 28:16-19 ) ;

and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it;
(See Gill on Proverbs 3:15).

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (Mynynpm) "gemmis", Baynus; "prae gemmis politis", Schultens.
F1 "Margaritas", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis; "unionibus", Cocceius.
F2 "Carbunculis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Proverbs 8:11 In-Context

9 All of them are clear to the perceptive, and right to those who discover knowledge.

10 Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

11 For wisdom is better than precious stones, and nothing desirable can compare with it.

12 I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness and have knowledge and discretion.

13 To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Footnotes

• [a]. Pr 3:15; 20:15