Discovery BoxProverbs 8:11 
Context8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies,
and desirable things cannot be compared 1 to her.
Proverbs 8:18-19
Context8:18 Riches and honor are with me,
long-lasting wealth and righteousness.
8:19 My fruit is better than the purest gold, 2
and what I produce 3 is better than choice silver.
1 tn The verb יִשְׁווּ (yishvu, from שָׁוָה, shavah) can be rendered “are not comparable” or in a potential nuance “cannot be compared” with her.
2 tn The two synonyms, “than gold, than fine gold” probably form a hendiadys here to express “the very finest gold.”
3 sn The language of the text with “fruit” and “ingathering” is the language of the harvest – what the crops yield. So the figure is hypocatastasis, comparing what wisdom produces to such crops.
