For her ¹  benefit ²  is more profitable ³  than silver, and her ⁴  gain ⁵  is better ⁶  than gold.

biblegateway Pro 3:14

For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold.

for she is more profitable than silver, and her revenue is better than gold.

The profit gained from wisdom is greater than the profit gained from silver. Its yield is better than fine gold.

biblegateway Pro 3:14

for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.

for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold.

bibleoremus Pro 3:14

for her income is better than silver, and her revenue better than gold.

for wisdom is more profitable than silver, and the gain she brings is better than gold!

biblegateway Pro 3:14

For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.

For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

biblegateway Pro 3:14

For her ¹  benefit ²  is more profitable ³  than silver, and her ⁴  gain ⁵  is better ⁶  than gold.

¹ tn Heb “her profit.” The 3rd person feminine singular suffix on the noun is probably a genitive of source: “from her.”

² tn Heb “profit.” The noun סַחַר (sakhar, “trading profit”) often refers to the financial profit of traveling merchants (Isa 23:3, 18; 45:14; HALOT 750 s.v.). The related participle describes a traveling “trader, dealer, wholesaler, merchant” (e.g., Gen 37:28; Prov 31:14; Isa 23:2; Ezek 27:36; HALOT 750 s.v. סחר qal.2). Here the noun is used figuratively to describe the moral benefit of wisdom.

³ tn The noun סַחַר (“profit”) is repeated in this line for emphasis. The two usages draw upon slightly different nuances, creating a polysemantic wordplay. The moral “benefit” of wisdom is more “profitable” than silver.

⁴ tn Heb “her yield.” The 3rd person feminine singular suffix on the noun is probably a genitive of source: “from her.”

⁵ tn Heb “yield.” The noun תְּבוּאָה (tÿvu’ah, “product; yield”) is normally used of crops and harvests (BDB 100 s.v. 1). Here it is figurative for the moral benefit of wisdom (BDB 100 s.v. 2.b).

⁶ tn The phrase “is better” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness.