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Proverbs 3:14

Context
NETBible

For her 1  benefit 2  is more profitable 3  than silver, and her 4  gain 5  is better 6  than gold.

NIV ©

biblegateway Pro 3:14

for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.

NASB ©

biblegateway Pro 3:14

For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold.

NLT ©

biblegateway Pro 3:14

For the profit of wisdom is better than silver, and her wages are better than gold.

MSG ©

biblegateway Pro 3:14

She's worth far more than money in the bank; her friendship is better than a big salary.

BBE ©

SABDAweb Pro 3:14

For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Pro 3:14

for her income is better than silver, and her revenue better than gold.

NKJV ©

biblegateway Pro 3:14

For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.

[+] More English

KJV
For the merchandise
<05504>
of it [is] better
<02896>
than the merchandise
<05505>
of silver
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and the gain
<08393>
thereof than fine gold
<02742>_.
NASB ©

biblegateway Pro 3:14

For her profit
<05504>
is better
<02896>
than
<04480>
the profit
<05504>
of silver
<03701>
And her gain
<08393>
better than
<04480>
fine gold
<02742>
.
LXXM
kreitton
<2908
A-ASN
gar
<1063
PRT
authn
<846
D-ASF
emporeuesyai
<1710
V-PMN
h
<2228
CONJ
crusiou
<5553
N-GSN
kai
<2532
CONJ
arguriou
<694
N-GSN
yhsaurouv
<2344
N-APM
NET [draft] ITL
For
<03588>
her benefit
<05504>
is more
<02896>
profitable
<05505>
than silver
<03701>
, and her gain
<08393>
is better than gold
<02742>
.
HEBREW
htawbt
<08393>
Uwrxmw
<02742>
Pok
<03701>
rxom
<05505>
hrxo
<05504>
bwj
<02896>
yk (3:14)
<03588>

NETBible

For her 1  benefit 2  is more profitable 3  than silver, and her 4  gain 5  is better 6  than gold.

NET Notes

tn Heb “her profit.” The 3rd person feminine singular suffix on the noun is probably a genitive of source: “from her.”

tn Heb “profit.” The noun סַחַר (sakhar, “trading profit”) often refers to the financial profit of traveling merchants (Isa 23:3, 18; 45:14; HALOT 750 s.v.). The related participle describes a traveling “trader, dealer, wholesaler, merchant” (e.g., Gen 37:28; Prov 31:14; Isa 23:2; Ezek 27:36; HALOT 750 s.v. סחר qal.2). Here the noun is used figuratively to describe the moral benefit of wisdom.

tn The noun סַחַר (“profit”) is repeated in this line for emphasis. The two usages draw upon slightly different nuances, creating a polysemantic wordplay. The moral “benefit” of wisdom is more “profitable” than silver.

tn Heb “her yield.” The 3rd person feminine singular suffix on the noun is probably a genitive of source: “from her.”

tn Heb “yield.” The noun תְּבוּאָה (tÿvuah, “product; yield”) is normally used of crops and harvests (BDB 100 s.v. 1). Here it is figurative for the moral benefit of wisdom (BDB 100 s.v. 2.b).

tn The phrase “is better” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness.




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