KJV
ASV
16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

ESV
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

ERVEN
16. Wisdom is worth much more than gold. Understanding is worth much more than silver.

NLT
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver!

WEB
16. How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

NET
16. How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

NLV
16. To get wisdom is much better than getting gold. To get understanding should be chosen instead of silver.

HCSB
16. Acquire wisdom-- how much better it is than gold! And acquire understanding-- it is preferable to silver.

YLT
16. To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

LITV
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

RV
16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

NCV
16. It is better to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

MKJV
16. How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver!

AKJV
16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

LXXEN
16. The [Or, abodes; Comp. Heb.; See Lu 13:35] brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.



KJV
16. How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

AMP
16. How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. [Prov. 8:10, 19.]

KJVP
16. How much H4100 IPRO better H2896 [ is ] [ it ] to get H7069 wisdom H2451 NFS than gold H2742 ! and to get H7069 understanding H998 NFS rather to be chosen H977 than silver H3701 !

YLT
16. To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

ASV
16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

WEB
16. How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

NASB
16. How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

ESV
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

RV
16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

RSV
16. To get wisdom is better than gold; to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

NKJV
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

MKJV
16. How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver!

AKJV
16. How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

NRSV
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

NIV
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!

NIRV
16. It is much better to get wisdom than gold. It is much better to choose understanding than silver.

NLT
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver!

MSG
16. Get wisdom--it's worth more than money; choose insight over income every time.

GNB
16. It is better---much better---to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.

NET
16. How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

ERVEN
16. Wisdom is worth much more than gold. Understanding is worth much more than silver.