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Proverbs 8:12

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8:12“I, wisdom, live with prudence,22

and I find23 knowledge and discretion.

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Footnotes

  1. 22 The noun is “shrewdness,” i.e., the right use of knowledge in special cases (see also the discussion in 1:4); cf. “good judgment.” The word in this sentence is an adverbial accusative of specification.
  2. 23 This verb form is an imperfect, whereas the verb in the first colon was a perfect tense. The perfect should be classified as a gnomic perfect, and this form a habitual imperfect, because both verbs describe the nature of wisdom.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,

and I find knowledge and discretion.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;

I possess knowledge and discretion.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I, wisdom, share a home with shrewdness

and have knowledge and discretion.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment.

I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I, wisdom, live with prudence,

and I find knowledge and discretion.

KJV 1900King James Version

I wisdom dwell with prudence,

And find out knowledge of witty inventions.