John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 8:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For wisdom [is] better than rubies, etc.] A sort of precious stones: or, “than precious stones”f216 in general; so the Targum and Septuagint, Arabic and Syriac versions; even than all of them, as the Vulgate Latin version; or, than “pearls”f217, or “carbuncles”f218: there are none equal to it, nor is it to be procured by them; see (<182816>Job 28:16-19); and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it; (see Gill on “<200315>Proverbs 3:15”).

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