Proverbs 8:19

NETBible

My fruit is better than the purest gold, 1  and what I produce 2  is better than choice silver.

NIV ©

My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.

NASB ©

"My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield better than choicest silver.

NLT ©

My gifts are better than the purest gold, my wages better than sterling silver!

MSG ©

My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary; the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus.

BBE ©

My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver.

NRSV ©

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

NKJV ©

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver.

KJV
My fruit
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[is] better
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than gold
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yea, than fine gold
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and my revenue
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than choice
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silver
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NASB ©
"My fruit
<6529>
is better
<2896>
than
<4480>
gold
<2742>
, even pure
<6337>
gold
<6337>
, And my yield
<8393>

better
than
<4480>
choicest
<977>
silver
<3701>
.
LXXM
beltion
<957> 
A-NSN
eme
<1473> 
P-AS
karpizesyai {V-PMN} uper
<5228> 
PREP
crusion
<5553> 
N-ASN
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
liyon
<3037> 
N-ASM
timion
<5093> 
A-ASM
ta
<3588> 
T-NPN
de
<1161> 
PRT
ema
<1699> 
A-NPN
genhmata {N-NPN} kreissw
<2908> 
A-NPN
arguriou
<694> 
N-GSN
eklektou
<1588> 
A-GSN
NET [draft] ITL
My fruit
<06529>
is better
<02896>
than the purest
<06337>
gold
<02742>
, and what I produce
<08393>
is better than choice
<0977>
silver
<03701>
.
HEBREW
rxbn
<0977>
Pokm
<03701>
ytawbtw
<08393>
zpmw
<06337>
Uwrxm
<02742>
yyrp
<06529>
bwj (8:19)
<02896>
NETBible

My fruit is better than the purest gold, 1  and what I produce 2  is better than choice silver.

NET Notes

1 tn The two synonyms, “than gold, than fine gold” probably form a hendiadys here to express “the very finest gold.”

2 sn The language of the text with “fruit” and “ingathering” is the language of the harvest – what the crops yield. So the figure is hypocatastasis, comparing what wisdom produces to such crops.