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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

因為受智慧的庇護，如同受銀子的庇護。唯有智慧能保全智慧人的生命，這就是知識的益處。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
因 为 智 慧 护 庇 人 ， 好 像 银 钱 护 庇 人 一 样 。 惟 独 智 慧 能 保 全 智 慧 人 的 生 命 。 这 就 是 知 识 的 益 处 。

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Wisdom is better when it comes with money. They both help those who are alive. ¹² Wisdom is like money: they both help. But wisdom is better, because it can save whoever has it. ¹³ Look at what God has done: No one can straighten what he has bent. ¹⁴ When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember: God gives good times and hard times, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring. ¹⁵ In my useless life I have seen both of these: I have seen good people die in spite of their goodness and evil people live a long time in spite of their evil. ¹⁶ Don't be too right, and don't be too wise. Why destroy yourself? ¹⁷ Don't be too wicked, and don't be foolish. Why die before your time? ¹⁸ It is good to grab the one and not let go of the other; those who honor God will hold them both. ¹⁹ Wisdom makes a person stronger than ten leaders in a city. ²⁰ Surely there is not a good person on earth who always does good and never sins.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wisdom: Job 1:10, Job 22:21-25, Proverbs 2:7, Proverbs 2:11, Proverbs 14:20, Proverbs 18:10, Proverbs 18:11, Isaiah 33:6

a defence: Heb. a shadow, Judges 9:15, Psalms 57:1, Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 32:2

the excellency: Deuteronomy 30:19, Deuteronomy 30:20, Deuteronomy 32:47, Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 8:35, Proverbs 9:11, Proverbs 11:4, John 12:50, John 17:3, Philippians 3:8

Reciprocal: Proverbs 4:7 - Wisdom is Proverbs 4:13 - she Proverbs 8:19 - General Proverbs 10:15 - rich Proverbs 14:24 - crown Proverbs 16:16 - General Ecclesiastes 1:15 - crooked Ecclesiastes 2:13 - I saw Ecclesiastes 10:19 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have made."

Genesis 7:17
Water flooded the earth for forty days, and as it rose it lifted the boat off the ground.

Exodus 24:18
Then Moses went into the cloud and went higher up the mountain. He was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up on the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets with the Agreement the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat bread or drink water.

Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I again bowed facedown on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat bread or drink water. You had sinned by doing what the Lord said was evil, and you made him angry.

Deuteronomy 10:10
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights just like the first time, and the Lord listened to me this time also. He did not want to destroy you.

1 Kings 19:8
So Elijah got up and ate and drank. The food made him strong enough to walk for forty days and nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.

Matthew 4:2
Jesus fasted for forty days and nights. After this, he was very hungry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence,.... Or, a "shadow" of refreshment and protection, under which men sit with pleasure and safety; a man by his wisdom, and so by his money, is able to defend himself against the injuries and oppressions of others, and especially when both meet in one and the same man. Jarchi renders and interprets it,

"he that is in the shadow of wisdom is in the shadow of money, for wisdom is the cause why riches come;''

and so the Targum,

"as a man is hid in the shadow of wisdom, so he is hid in the shadow of money, when he does alms with it;''

compare with this Luke 16:9; see Ecclesiastes 7:19. Theognis o has a saying much like this,

"riches and wisdom are always inexpugnable to mortals;''

but the excellency of knowledge [is, that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it; or, "the excellency of the knowledge of wisdom giveth life" p, c. not of natural wisdom, or the knowledge of natural and civil things, the vanity of this is exposed, before by the wise man but the knowledge of God in Christ; the knowledge of Christ, who is the Wisdom of God; and of the Gospel, and of all divine and spiritual things: this is a superior excellency to riches, which often expose a man's life to danger, cannot preserve him from a corporeal death, much less from an eternal one. When this is the excellency of spiritual knowledge, that spiritual life goes along with it; such as are spiritually enlightened are spiritually quickened; live by faith on Christ, whom they know; and, through the knowledge of him, have all things pertaining to life and godliness, and have both a right and meetness for eternal life; yea, this knowledge is life eternal,

John 17:3; see 2 Peter 1:3; and this is the pure gift of Wisdom, or of Christ, and not owing to the merit of men, or works done in obedience to the law, which cannot give this life; see John 17:2 Romans 6:23.

o Sententiae, v. 1153. p ויתרון דעת החכמה תחיה "et praestantia scientiae sapientiae vivificabit", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wisdom is a defense ... - See the margin and Psalms 121:5, i. e., He who is defended from adversity by his wisdom is in as good a position as he who is defended by his riches.

Excellency - literally, Profit.

Giveth life to - literally, “Causes to live,” “makes alive” Proverbs 3:18; the deeper meaning of which is elicited by comparing these words with John 6:63; Matthew 4:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 7:12. Wisdom is a defence — To whom Solomon answers: All true wisdom is most undoubtedly a great advantage to men in all circumstances; and money is also of great use: but it cannot be compared to wisdom. Knowledge of Divine and human things is a great blessing. Money is the means of supporting our animal life: but wisdom - the religion of the true God - gives life to them that have it. Money cannot procure the favour of God, nor give life to the soul.