# Acquire my instruction rather than silver
"You should try much harder to understand my instructions than to get silver"
# For Wisdom is better than jewels; no treasure is equal to her
Here Wisdom, personified as a woman, is not speaking. However, it is possible to make Wisdom the speaker here as well. AT: "For I, Wisdom, am better than jewels; no treasure is equal to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/instruct]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/purify]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
