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Proverbs 8:11

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8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies,

and desirable things cannot be compared 1  to her.

Proverbs 26:4

Context

26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, 2 

lest you yourself also be like him. 3 

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[8:11]  1 tn The verb יִשְׁווּ (yishvu, from שָׁוָה, shavah) can be rendered “are not comparable” or in a potential nuance “cannot be compared” with her.

[26:4]  2 sn One should not answer a fool’s foolish questions in line with the fool’s mode of reasoning (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 274).

[26:4]  3 sn The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well.



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