PRO 4:7 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The beginning of wisdom: acquire wisdom!
⇔ And with all your acquisition acquire understanding!

UST Being wise is the most important thing! So obtain what is wise!
⇔ Even if it costs you everything that you own, obtain what you should understand!

BSB Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom.
⇔ And whatever you may acquire,[fn] gain understanding.

OEB No OEB PRO 4:7 verse available

WEBBE Wisdom is supreme.
⇔ Get wisdom.
⇔ Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom,
⇔ and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

LSV The first thing [is] wisdom—get wisdom,
And with all your getting get understanding.

FBV The first thing in becoming wise is to get wisdom! Whatever else you gain, gain insight.

T4T The most important thing that you can do is to get wisdom.
⇔ Even if you obtain many other things,
⇔ the best thing is to know what things are wise.

LEB • With all that is in your possession, gain insight.

BBE The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

ASV Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom;
⇔ Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

DRA The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.

YLT The first thing [is] wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

Drby The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.

RV Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding.

Wbstr Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

KJB-1769 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
(Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy/your getting get understanding. )

KJB-1611 Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedome: and with all thy getting, get vnderstanding.
(Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisdom: and with all thy/your getting, get understanding.)

Bshps The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.
(The chief poynt of wisdom, is to possess wisdom: and before all thy/your goodes to get thee/you understanding.)

Gnva Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
(Wisedome is the beginning: get wisdom therefore: and above all thy/your possession get understanding. )

Cvdl The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.
(The chief poynte of wisdom is, that thou/you be wyllynge to opteyne wisdom, and before all thy/your goodes to get the understanding.)

Wycl The bigynnyng of wisdom, welde thou wisdom; and in al thi possessioun gete thou prudence.
(The beginning of wisdom, weld thou/you wisdom; and in all thy/your possession gete thou/you prudence.)

Luth Denn der Weisheit Anfang ist, wenn man sie gerne höret und die Klugheit lieber hat denn alle Güter.
(Because the/of_the Weisheit beginning is, when man they/she/them gerne listent and the Klugheit dear has because all Güter.)

ClVg Principium sapientiæ: posside sapientiam, et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.
(Principium sapientiæ: posside wisdom, and in all possessione your acquire prudentiam. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה

beginning_of wisdom

Here, beginning could refer to: (1) the most important thing. Alternate translation: “the most important thing is wisdom” or “wisdom is supreme” (2) the foundation or basis of something, as it means in 1:7. Alternate translation: “the foundation of wisdom” or “the prerequisite for acquiring wisdom”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קְנֵ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה & קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה

get wisdom & get discernment

See how you translated these phrases in 4:5.

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

וּ⁠בְ⁠כָל־קִ֝נְיָנְ⁠ךָ֗

and=on/over=all get,you

The word acquisition here is singular in form, but it refers to all of a person’s possessions as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this plainly. Alternate translation: “And with all your acquisitions” or “And with everything that you acquire”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠בְ⁠כָל־קִ֝נְיָנְ⁠ךָ֗

and=on/over=all get,you

Here, all your acquisition implies the price of everything that someone has acquired. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “And with the price of all your acquisition” or “And with the price of all you possess”

Parallel PRO 4:7