# Proverbs 8.10
**Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. 9. They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
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> **10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.**
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> 11. For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. 12. I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion. (Proverbs 8:8-12, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. 9. They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
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> **10. Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.**
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> 11. For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it. 12. “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion. (Proverbs 8:8-12, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. froward: Heb. wreathed 9. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
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> **10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.**
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> 11. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 12. I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. prudence: or, subtilty (Proverbs 8:8-12, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 8. In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse. 9. All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
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> **10. Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.**
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> 11. For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it. 12. I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out. (Proverbs 8:8-12, YLT)
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## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._
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## Quoted in
**Lexicon:**
- [H0977 - bachar](/codex/h0977-bachar/)
## Notes
_Your annotations._
## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.