Proverbs 8:12
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
KJV
Ego sapientia, habito in consilio, et eruditis intersum cogitationibus.
Vulgate
ἐγὼ ἡ σοφία κατεσκήνωσα βουλήν, καὶ γνῶσιν καὶ ἔννοιαν ἐγὼ ἐπεκαλεσάμην· κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν.
LXX
I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledgeanddiscretion.
ASV
אֲֽנִי חָ֭כְמָה שָׁכַ֣נְתִּי עָרְמָ֑ה וְ/דַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת אֶמְצָֽא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
מְזִמּ֣וֹת
mzmvt
noun · 19×
עָרְמָ֑ה
'rmh
noun · 5×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
19. If God be, and be called, the Fountain of wisdom and life — as He says by Jeremiah, 'They have forsaken Me the Fountain of living waters Jeremiah 2:13;' and again, 'A glorious high throne from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary; O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all that forsake You shall be ashamed, and they that depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because th…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 28:12 — And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedic
- 1Chr 28:19 — All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- 1Kgs 7:14 — He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he cam
- 2Chr 13:14 — And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- Col 2:3 — In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- Eph 1:8 — Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
- Eph 1:11 — In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- Eph 3:10 — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
- Exod 31:3 — And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
- Exod 35:30 — And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
- Isa 28:26 — For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
- Isa 55:8 — For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
- Prov 1:4 — To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
- Prov 1:4 — To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
- Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- Rom 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!