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Proverbs 16

Prov. 16:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hown much better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
is it to get
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
than gold
charuwts (Hebrew #2742)
passive participle of 2782; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
KJV usage: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Pronounce: khaw-roots'
Origin: or charuts {khaw-roots'}
! and to get
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
understanding
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
rather to be chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
than silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
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Prov. 8:11,19• 11For wisdom [is] better than rubies,{HR}And all the things that may be desired are not comparable to her.
 19My fruit [is] better than gold, yea than pure gold;{HR}And my revenue than choice silver. (Prov. 8:11,19)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 3:15‑18• 15She [is] more precious than rubies,{HR}And all the things thou canst desire are not equal to her.
 16Length of days [is] in her right hand,{HR}In her left hand riches and honour.
 17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness,{HR}And all her paths [are] peace.
 18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold on her;{HR}And blessed [is] he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:15‑18)
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Prov. 4:7• 7The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom;{HR}And with all thy getting get understanding. (Prov. 4:7)
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Prov. 8:10‑11,19• 10Receive my instruction, and not silver,{HR}And knowledge rather than choice gold;
 11For wisdom [is] better than rubies,{HR}And all the things that may be desired are not comparable to her.
 19My fruit [is] better than gold, yea than pure gold;{HR}And my revenue than choice silver. (Prov. 8:10‑11,19)
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Job 28:13‑28• 13No mortal knoweth its price,{HR}Nor is it found in the land of the living.
 14The depth saith Not in me [is] it,{HR}And the sea saith, It [is] not with me.
 15Pure gold is not given for it,{HR}Nor is silver weighed, its price.
 16It cannot be weighed with gem of Ophir,{HR}With the precious onyx or the sapphire.
 17Gold and glass cannot equal it,{HR}Nor its exchange [be] a vessel of fine gold.
 18Coral or pearl is not to be mentioned.{HR}And the acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies,
 19The topaz of Cush doth not match it,{HR}With the clear gem it is not weighed.
 20And wisdom, whence cometh it,{HR}And where this, the place of understanding?
 21And further it is hidden from the eyes of all living,{HR}And it is concealed from the birds of the heavens,
 22Destruction and Death have said,{HR}With our ears we have heard its report.
 23God understandeth its way, and he knoweth its place.{HR}For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
 24He seeth under the whole heaven.{HR}In making to wind its weight,
 25And meting out the waters by measure,{HR}In making a law for the rain,
 26And a way for the lightning of the thunder,
 27Then he saw and declared it,{HR}He established and also searched it out;
 28And unto man he said,{HR}Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom,{HR}And to depart from evil understanding. (Job 28:13‑28)
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Psa. 119:127• 127Therefore I love thy commandments{HR}Above gold and above fine gold. (Psa. 119:127)
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Eccl. 7:12• 12For wisdom is a defence, [even as] money [is] a defence:{HR}But the excellency of knowledge [is, that]{HR}Wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it. (Eccl. 7:12)
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Matt. 16:26• 26For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matt. 16:26)
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Luke 12:21• 21Thus is he who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:21)
• The man of wisdom and understanding has his fortune made for both worlds. But it is easy to be deceived by a counterfeit wisdom which descendeth not from above, being earthly, sensual, devilish. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!

W. Kelly Translation

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Howa much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold,{HR}And the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!

WK Translation Notes

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Text of W. K. missing. The lines in italics are from the JND text.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)