Proverbs 3:14

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

biblegateway Pro 3:14

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

biblegateway Pro 3:14

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

biblegateway Pro 3:14

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

biblegateway Pro 3:14

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

SABDAweb Pro 3:14

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

bibleoremus Pro 3:14

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

biblegateway Pro 3:14

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

biblegateway Pro 3:14

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

¹ tn Heb “her profit.” The 3rd person feminine singular suffix on the noun is probably a genitive of source: “from her.”

² 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.

³ 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.

⁴ tn Heb “her yield.” The 3rd person feminine singular suffix on the noun is probably a genitive of source: “from her.”

⁵ tn Heb “yield.” The noun תְּבוּאָה (tÿvu’ah, “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).

⁶ 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.