My fruit is better than the purest gold, ¹  and what I produce ²  is better than choice silver.

biblegateway Pro 8:19

"My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield better than choicest silver.

My fruit is better than solid gold, and my harvest than pure silver.

What I produce is better than gold, pure gold. What I yield is better than fine silver.

biblegateway Pro 8:19

My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

bibleoremus Pro 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

My harvest is better even than fine gold, and my revenue better than choice silver.

biblegateway Pro 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver.

My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

biblegateway Pro 8:19

My fruit is better than the purest gold, ¹  and what I produce ²  is better than choice silver.

¹ tn The two synonyms, “than gold, than fine gold” probably form a hendiadys here to express “the very finest gold.”

² sn The language of the text with “fruit” and “ingathering” is the language of the harvest – what the crops yield. So the figure is hypocatastasis, comparing what wisdom produces to such crops.