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if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasure,
If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver And search for her as you would hidden treasures;
If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures,
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,
Seek it like silver; search for it like hidden treasure.
if you seek it as you would silver and search for it as for hidden treasure —
Search for wisdom as you would search for silver or hidden treasure.
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
Look for wisdom like silver. Search for it like hidden treasure.
Look for wisdom as carefully as you would look for silver, or valuable jewels.
if you search for it like silver, if you hunt for it like hidden treasure,
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
·Search [Seek] for it like silver, and ·hunt [search] for it like hidden treasure.
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for treasures,
if you search for wisdom as if it were money and hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure,
Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure.
if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,
Search for it as you would for silver. Hunt for it like hidden treasure.
if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures,
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
if you seek her like silver and search her out like treasure,
Yes, if you want better insight and discernment, and are searching for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure, then wisdom will be given you and knowledge of God himself; you will soon learn the importance of reverence for the Lord and of trusting him.
Good friend, take to heart what I’m telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life. Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding. That’s right—if you make Insight your priority, and won’t take no for an answer, Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt, Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours; you’ll have come upon the Knowledge of God.
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,
if you search for wisdom as if it were money and hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure,
If you seek her like silver, and like hidden treasures search her out,
If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
if you seek for it as for silver and search for it as for buried treasure,
Search for it like silver, and hunt for it like hidden treasure.
if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Look for it as you would look for silver. Search for it as you would search for hidden treasure.
and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
if you look for her as silver, and look for her as hidden riches;
Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures.
if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures—
if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures—
if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures—
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures—
If thou seekest her as kesef, and searchest for her as for matmonim (hidden treasures);
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;
if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures,
If you sift through the clamor of everything around you to seek her like some precious prize, to search for her like buried treasure;
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
if thou seekest it as money, and diggest it out as treasures;
If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
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