(NIV)
Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention;
the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
(ESV)
No mention shall be made of
coral or of
crystal;
the
price of
wisdom is
above pearls.
(NIV)
She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
(ESV)
She is more
precious than jewels,
and
nothing you
desire can compare with her.
(NIV)
for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
(ESV)
for wisdom is
better than jewels,
and
all that you may
desire cannot compare with her.
(NIV)
Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,
but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
(ESV)
There
is gold and
abundance of
costly stones,
but the
lips of
knowledge are a
precious jewel.
(NIV)
A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
(ESV)
An
excellent wife who can
find?
She is
far more precious than
jewels.
(NIV)
Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like lapis lazuli.
(ESV)
Her
princes were
purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their
bodies were
more ruddy than coral,
the beauty of their
form was like
sapphire.
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