Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Pretiosior est cunctis opibus, et omnia quæ desiderantur huic non valent comparari.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστιν λίθων πολυτελῶν· οὐκ ἀντιτάξεται αὐτῇ οὐδὲν πονηρόν. εὔγνωστός ἐστιν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐγγίζουσιν αὐτῇ, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- יְקָ֣רָה הִ֭יא מפניים וְכָל חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִֽשְׁווּ בָֽהּ
Haydock's commentary
Riches. Hebrew peninim, (Haydock) "pearls," Job xxviii. 18. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor, Chapter XIII, Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments
Let there, then, be in the fruits of thy hands, sacred order, liberal communication, and acts of economy. “For he that giveth to the poor, lendeth to God.” “And the hands of the manly shall be enriched.” Manly He calls those who despise wealth, and are free in bestowing it. And on your feet let active readiness to well-doing appear, and a journeying to righteousness. Modesty and chastity are collars and necklaces; such are the chains which God forges. “Happy is the man who hath found wisdom, and the mortal who knows understanding,” says the Spirit by Solomon: “for it is better to buy her than treasures of gold and silver; and she is more valuable than precious stones.” For she is the true decoration.