Proverbs 4:7 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding with all that you have.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

The first thing is wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 4:7 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 8:23 "From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

Proverbs 23:23 Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:7 {c} Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
(c) He shows that we must first begin with God's word, if we will that other things prosper with us, contrary to the judgment of the world, which make it their last study, or else care not for it at all.

WES:

4:7 With all - Even with the price of all.

MHC:

4:1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.

CONC:

TRUE Acquiring Beginning Cost Costs Getting Insight Intelligence Possessions Principal Sign Supreme Though Understanding Whatever Wisdom Yea Yes

Acquire Acquiring Beginning Cost Costs First Getting Insight Intelligence Possessions Principal Sign Supreme True. Understanding Whatever Wisdom

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