Amsal 8:11

8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies,

and desirable things cannot be compared ¹  to her.

Amsal 8:19

8:19 My fruit is better than the purest gold, ² 

and what I produce ³  is better than choice silver.

Amsal 24:6

24:6 for with guidance you wage your war,

and with numerous advisers there is victory. ⁴ 

[8:11]  ¹ tn The verb יִשְׁווּ (yishvu, from שָׁוָה, shavah) can be rendered “are not comparable” or in a potential nuance “cannot be compared” with her.

[8:19]  ² tn The two synonyms, “than gold, than fine gold” probably form a hendiadys here to express “the very finest gold.”

[8:19]  ³ 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.

[24:6]  ⁴ sn The point of the saying is that wise counsel is necessary in war. Victory, strategy, and counsel are more important than mere military strength – many great armies have been destroyed because of their unwise leaders. See on this theme 11:14; 20:18; and 21:22.