Ecclesiastes 7:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it.

Darby Translation ☆

For wisdom is a defence [as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [that] wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.

Noyes Bible ☆

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence. But knowledge hath the advantage. For wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

For under the shadow of wisdom [a man is equally well as] under the shadow of money; but the superior excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to him that possesseth it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

King James Version ☆

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Webster Bible ☆

For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellence of knowledge is , that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Revised Version ☆

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: And the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom Will give life to him that has it.

World English Bible ☆

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

World English Bible Classic ☆

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

World English Bible Updated ☆

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

World Messianic Bible ☆

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She reviveth her possessors.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

For chochmah is a protective tzel (shade), and kesef is as well; but the advantage of da'as is, that chochmah giveth chayyim (life) to them that possess it.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِي فِي ظِلِّ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ هُوَ فِي ظِلِّ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَفَضْلُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ هُوَ إِنَّ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ تُحْيِي أَصْحَابَهَا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ပညာသည် ကွယ်ကာတတ် ၏။ ငွေသည်လည်း ကွယ်ကာတတ်၏။ ပညာအတတ် သည် အဘယ်သို့မြတ်သနည်းဟူမူကား၊ ပညာအတတ်ကို ရသောသူသည် အသက်ကိုလည်း ရတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အကြောင်း မူကား၊ ပညာ သည် ကွယ်ကာ တတ် ၏။ ငွေ သည်လည်း ကွယ်ကာ တတ်၏။ ပညာ အတတ် သည် အဘယ်သို့မြတ် သနည်းဟူမူကား၊ ပညာ အတတ်ကို ရ သောသူသည် အသက် ကိုလည်း ရတတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Phoisa loe pakaahaih ah oh baktih toengah, palunghahaih doeh pakaahaih ah oh; toe palunghahaih mah tacawtsak ih amekhaih loe hae ni; palunghahaih tawn kaminawk hanah hinghaih to paek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Cueihnah hlipkhup ah om he tangka hlipkhup kah om banghui ni. Tedae mingnah he tah rhoeikhangnah la om tih cueihnah long tah a kungmah te a hing sak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Cueihnah hlipkhup ah om he tangka hlipkhup kah om banghui ni. Tedae mingnah he tah rhoeikhangnah la om tih cueihnah long tah a kungmah te a hing sak.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

因为智慧护庇人， 好像银钱护庇人一样。 惟独智慧能保全智慧人的生命。 这就是知识的益处。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

因為智慧護庇人， 好像銀錢護庇人一樣。 惟獨智慧能保全智慧人的生命。 這就是知識的益處。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因为智慧作庇护，金钱也作庇护；但知识的优越之处在于：智慧能保全拥有它之人的生命。

Croatian Bible ☆

Jer kao što je novac zaštita, tako je i mudrost; a prednost je mudrosti u tome što izbavlja onoga tko je ima.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo v stínu moudrosti a v stínu stříbra odpočívají. A však přednější jest umění moudrosti, přináší život těm, kdož ji mají.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

thi Visdom skygger, som Pengeskygger*, men Kundskabs Fortrin er dette, at Visdom holder sin Mand i Live. { [*dvs. er et Værn. Ordsp. 3, 18.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Want de wijsheid is tot een schaduw, en het geld is tot een schaduw; maar de uitnemendheid der wetenschap is, dat de wijsheid haar bezitters het leven geeft.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Want wijsheid beschermt, en rijkdom beschermt, Maar de kennis der wijsheid geeft bovendien leven aan wie haar bezit.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar la saĝeco estas ŝirmo tiel same, kiel mono estas ŝirmo; sed la supereco de scienco konsistas en tio, ke la saĝeco donas vivon al sia posedanto.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

car on est à l’ombre de la sagesse [comme] à l’ombre de l’argent ; mais l’avantage de la connaissance, [c’est que] la sagesse fait vivre celui qui la possède.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Car on est à couvert à l'ombre de la sagesse et à l'ombre de l'argent; mais la science a cet avantage, que la sagesse fait vivre celui qui la possède.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Car à l’ombre de la sagesse on est abrité comme à l’ombre de l’argent; mais un avantage de la science, c’est que la sagesse fait vivre ceux qui la possèdent.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Car la sagesse est un abri, tout comme l'argent est un abri ; mais l'excellence de la connaissance, c'est que la sagesse préserve la vie de celui qui la possède.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn im Schatten ist, wer Weisheit hat, im Schatten, wer Geld hat; aber der Vorzug der Erkenntnis ist dieser, daß die Weisheit ihren Besitzern Leben gibt.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn die Weisheit beschirmt, so beschirmt Geld auch; aber die Weisheit gibt das Leben dem, der sie hat.

German Textbibel ☆

Denn Schatten gewährt die Weisheit, Schatten das Geld, aber der Vorzug der Erkenntnis ist: die Weisheit erhält dem, der sie besitzt, das Leben.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Denn die Weisheit gewährt Schutz, und auch das Geld gewährt Schutz; aber der Vorzug der Erkenntnis ist der, daß die Weisheit ihrem Besitzer das Leben erhält.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὅτι ἐν σκιᾷ αὐτῆς ἡ σοφία ὡς σκιὰ ἀργυρίου, καὶ περισσεία γνώσεως τῆς σοφίας ζωοποιήσει τὸν παρ᾿ αὐτῆς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὅτι ἐν σκιᾷ αὐτῆς ἡ σοφία ὡς σκιὰ ἀργυρίου, καὶ περίσσεια γνώσεως τῆς σοφίας ζωοποιήσει τὸν παρʼ αὐτῆς.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Bon konprann pwoteje ou menm jan lajan ka fè l'. Men, avantaj yon moun genyen lè li gen konesans avèk bon konprann, sa l' konnen an ap fè l' viv.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, o ka naauao, oia ka mea e malu ai, a o ke kala oia hoi kekahi mea e malu ai; aka, eia ka maikai o ka ike, o ka naauao, oia ka mea e ola'i ka poe nona ia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּ֛י בְּצֵ֥ל הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה בְּצֵ֣ל הַכָּ֑סֶף וְיִתְרֹ֣ון דַּ֔עַת הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה תְּחַיֶּ֥ה בְעָלֶֽיהָ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי בצל החכמה בצל הכסף ויתרון דעת החכמה תחיה בעליה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè la sapienza è all'ombra, e i danari sono all'ombra; ma la scienza della sapienza ha questo vantaggio, ch'ella fa vivere quelli che ne son dotati .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Poiché la sapienza offre un riparo, come l’offre il danaro; ma l’eccellenza della scienza sta in questo, che la sapienza fa vivere quelli che la possiedono.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

知恵は盾となり、金も盾となる。しかし、知識の優れたところは、知恵がそれを持つ者の命を保つことにある。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

지혜도 보호하는 것이 되고 돈도 보호하는 것이 되나 지식이 더욱 아름다움은 지혜는 지혜 얻은 자의 생명을 보존함이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Lalmwetmet ac fah asot nu sum inse misla oana mani uh. Lalmwetmet uh karingin moul lom, na pa inge ma wo ke etauk uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Utilior est sapientia cum divitiis, et magis prodest videntibus solem.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زیرا که حکمت ملجایی است و نقره ملجایی؛ اما فضیلت معرفت این است که حکمت صاحبانش را زندگی می‌بخشد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Pois a sabedoria é uma defesa, assim como o dinheiro é uma defesa; mas a excelência do conhecimento é que a sabedoria preserva a vida de quem a possui.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

porque a sabedoria serve de proteção, assim como o dinheiro serve de proteção; mas a vantagem do conhecimento é que a sabedoria dá vida ao seu dono.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Pentru că înțelepciunea este o apărare și banii sunt o apărare, dar măreția cunoașterii este că înțelepciunea dă viață celor ce o au.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кэч окротире дэ ши ынцелепчуня, окротире дэ ши арӂинтул; дар ун фолос май мулт ал штиинцей есте кэ ынцелепчуня цине ын вяцэ пе чей че о ау.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

потому что под сенью ее то же, что под сенью серебра; но превосходство знания в том, что мудрость дает жизнь владеющему ею.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer je mudrost zaklon, i novci su zaklon; ali je pretežnije znanje mudrosti tim što daje život onome ko je ima.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер је мудрост заклон, и новци су заклон; али је претежније знање мудрости тим што даје живот ономе ко је има.

Mashi Bible ☆

Bulyâla olwâkiro lw’oburhimanya lwo na lwâkiro lw’ensaranga, n’obunguke bw’obumanye kunali kulya oburhimanya buciza nnabo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Porque escudo es la ciencia, y escudo es el dinero: mas la sabiduría excede en que da vida á sus poseedores.

Spanish BLL ☆

Porque la sabiduría protege tanto como el dinero, pero la ventaja del conocimiento es que la sabiduría le da vida a quien la posee.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Porque escudo es la sabiduría, y escudo es el dinero; mas la excelencia del saber es que la sabiduría da vida a su poseedor.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

La sabiduría evita que un hombre corra peligro, como protege el dinero; pero el valor del conocimiento es que la sabiduría da vida a su dueño.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Porque estar bajo la protección del conocimiento Es como estar bajo la protección del dinero. Pero la sabiduría aventaja En que da vida a los que la poseen.

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Revised West Version ☆

He ko e poto ko e ungaʻanga ia, pea ko e koloa ko e ungaʻanga mo ia: ka ko hono lelei lahi ʻoe ʻilo, ʻoku foaki ʻe he poto ʻae moʻui kiate kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Бо під її захистом так, як під захистом гроша; та знаннє переважує ще тим, що мудрість дає життє тому, в кого вона є.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Бо під її захистом так, як під захистом гроша; та знаннє переважує ще тим, що мудрість дає життє тому, в кого вона є.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vì sự khôn ngoan che thân cũng như tiền bạc che thân vậy; nhưng sự khôn ngoan thắng hơn, vì nó giữ mạng sống cho người nào đã được nó.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּ֛י בְּצֵ֥ל הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה בְּצֵ֣ל הַכָּ֑סֶף וְיִתְר֣וֹן דַּ֔עַת הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה תְּחַיֶּ֥ה בְעָלֶֽיהָ׃