Proverbs 24:3

Myles Coverdale Bible

Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A house is built by wisdom,and it is established by understanding;

Hebrew Names Version
Through wisdom a house is built; By understanding it is established;

King James Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

English Standard Version
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

New American Standard Bible
By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;

New Century Version
It takes wisdom to have a good family, and it takes understanding to make it strong.

Amplified Bible
Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built, And by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],

World English Bible
Through wisdom a house is built; By understanding it is established;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.

Legacy Standard Bible
By wisdom a house is built,And by discernment it is firmly established;

Berean Standard Bible
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

Contemporary English Version

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Use wisdom and understanding to establish your home;

Complete Jewish Bible
By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is made secure,

Darby Translation
Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;

Easy-to-Read Version
Good homes are built on wisdom and understanding.

George Lamsa Translation
Through wisdom a house is built; and by understanding it is established;

Good News Translation

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Homes are built on the foundation of wisdom and understanding.

Lexham English Bible
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.

Literal Translation
Through wisdom a house is built, and it is established by understanding,

American Standard Version
Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;

Bible in Basic English
The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established;

King James Version (1611)
Through wisedome is an house builded, and by vnderstanding it is established.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.

English Revised Version
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
An hous schal be bildid bi wisdom, and schal be maad strong bi prudence.

Update Bible Version
Through wisdom is a house built; And by understanding it is established;

Webster's Bible Translation
Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:

New English Translation
By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

New King James Version
Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;

New Living Translation
A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense.

New Life Bible
A house is built by wisdom. It is made strong by understanding,

New Revised Standard
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established;

Douay-Rheims Bible
By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.

Revised Standard Version
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;

Young's Literal Translation
By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

THE MESSAGE
20 It takes wisdom to build a house, and understanding to set it on a firm foundation; It takes knowledge to furnish its rooms with fine furniture and beautiful draperies.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;

Contextual Overview

³ Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp. ⁴ Thorow discrecion shal ye chabers be fylled wt all costly & pleasaunt riches. ⁵ A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma of vnderstodinge is better, the he yt is mightie of stregth. ⁶ For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wisdom: Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 14:1, 1 Corinthians 3:9

it is: 2 Samuel 7:26, Jeremiah 10:12, Colossians 2:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:21 - made them Ezra 8:18 - a man of understanding Proverbs 12:7 - the house Proverbs 16:20 - handleth Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
the children of God sawe the doughters of men, that they were fayre, and toke vnto the wyues soch as they liked.

Genesis 6:4
There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men, and begotten them children, ye same (children) became mightie in the worlde, and men of renowne.

Genesis 14:19
blessed him and sayde: Blessed be thou Abram vnto the most hye God possessor of heauen and earth.

Genesis 14:22
But Abram sayde vnto the kinge of Sodome: I lift vp my honde vnto the LORDE the most hye God, possessor of heauen and earth,

Genesis 21:23
Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.

Genesis 24:3
I maye make the sweare by ye LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge ye doughters of ye Cananites, (amonge whom I dwell)

Genesis 24:4
but that thou go in to my countre? and to myne owne kynred, and brynge my sonne Isaac a wife.

Genesis 24:14
Now yf there come a damsell, to whom I saye: bowe downe thy pytcher, & let me drynke, and yf she saye: drynke, and I wyll geue ye Camels drynke also: That ye same be she, whom thou hast prouyded for thy seruaunt Isaac: & that I maye knowe by ye same that thou hast shewed mercy vpon my master.

Genesis 24:15
And or euer he had left of speakynge, beholde, Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel (which was the sonne of Milca, that was the wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother) came forth, and bare a pytcher vpon hir shulder,

Genesis 24:17
Then ranne the seruaunt to mete her, and sayde: Let me drynke a litle water out of yi pitcher.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Through wisdom is a house builded,.... A family is built up, furnished and supplied with the necessaries and conveniences of life, and brought into flourishing and prosperous circumstances, by wise and prudent management, by diligence and industry, through the blessing of God upon them, without taking such methods as evil men do. The house of God, the church of the living God, is built by Wisdom, that is, by Christ; on a good foundation, a rock, upon himself, against which the gates of hell can never prevail; see Proverbs 9:1. Every good man's house, himself, his soul, and the eternal salvation of it, are built on the same; and he is a wise man that builds his house through wisdom; that builds on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the one and only foundation which God has laid, which is Jesus Christ;

and by understanding it is established; the prosperity of a man's family is continued and secured by his prudent conduct. The church of God is established by Christ, who is understanding as well as wisdom; see Proverbs 8:14; and every true believer is established in Christ, and in the faith of him; and that as he has more and more an understanding of him and of divine things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “house” is figurative of the whole life, the “chambers” of all regions, inward and outward, of it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 24:3. Through wisdom is a house blinded — That is, a family; household affairs. Proverbs 9:1, &c.