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Proverbs 8:18-20
New English Translation

18 Riches and honor are with me,
long-lasting wealth and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than the purest gold,[a]
and my harvest[b] is better than choice silver.
20 I walk in the path of righteousness,
in the pathway of justice,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:19 tn The two synonyms, “than gold, than fine gold” probably form a hendiadys here to express “the very finest gold.”
  2. Proverbs 8:19 tn The noun תְּבוּאָה (tevuʾah) means “harvest, yield of crops, produce” and by extension “profit” (HALOT 1679, s.v.). The agricultural imagery is an implied metaphor (hypocatastasis) for the gains that wisdom produces in one’s life.
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