Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Proverbs 16:16

NETBible	How much better it is to acquire¹ wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable² than silver.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 16:16	How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!
NASB © biblegateway Pro 16:16	How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 16:16	How much better to get wisdom than gold, and understanding than silver!
MSG © biblegateway Pro 16:16	Get wisdom--it's worth more than money; choose insight over income every time.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 16:16	How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 16:16	How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 16:16	How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
[+] More English


KJV	How much better <02896> [is it] to get <07069> (8800) wisdom <02451> than gold <02742>_! and to get <07069> (8800) understanding <0998> rather to be chosen <0977> (8737) than silver <03701>_!
NASB © biblegateway Pro 16:16	How <04100> much better <02896> it is to get <07069> wisdom <02451> than <04480> gold <02742> ! And to get <07069> understanding <0998> is to be chosen <0977> above <04480> silver <03701> .
LXXM	nossiai <3555> N-NPF sofiav <4678> N-GSF airetwterai {A-NPFC} crusiou <5553> N-GSN nossiai <3555> N-NPF de <1161> PRT fronhsewv <5428> N-GSF airetwterai {A-NPFC} uper <5228> PREP argurion <694> N-ASN
NET [draft] ITL	How <04100> much better <02896> it is to acquire <07069> wisdom <02451> than gold <02742> ; to acquire <07069> understanding <0998> is more desirable <0977> than silver <03701> .
HEBREW	Pokm <03701> rxbn <0977> hnyb <0998> twnqw <07069> Uwrxm <02742> bwj <02896> hm <04100> hmkx <02451> hnq (16:16) <07069>

NETBible

How much better it is to acquire¹ wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable² than silver.

NET Notes

¹tn The form קְנֹה (qÿnoh) is an infinitive; the Greek version apparently took it as a participle, and the Latin as an imperative – both working with an unpointed קנה, the letter ה (he) being unexpected in the form if it is an infinitive construct (the parallel clause has קְנוֹת [qÿnot] for the infinitive, but the ancient versions also translate that as either a participle or an imperative).

²tn The form is a Niphal participle, masculine singular. If it is modifying “understanding” it should be a feminine form. If it is to be translated, it would have to be rendered “and to acquire understanding is to be chosen more than silver” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). Many commentaries consider it superfluous. NIV and NCV simply have “to choose understanding rather than silver!”