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Proverbs 9:10

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of the Holy, is understanding;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lorde, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The feare of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisedome: and the knowledge of the holy [is] vnderstanding.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the righteous is understanding.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The fear of Yahweh [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The fear 3374
{3374} Prime
יִרְאָה
yir'ah
{yir-aw'}
Feminine of H3373; fear (also used as infinitive); morally reverence.
of Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
[is] the beginning 8462
{8462} Prime
תְּחִלָּה
t@chillah
{tekh-il-law'}
From H2490 in the sense of opening; a commencement; relatively original (adverbially originally).
of wisdom: 2451
{2451} Prime
חָכְמָה
chokmah
{khok-maw'}
From H2449; wisdom (in a good sense).
and the knowledge 1847
{1847} Prime
דַּעַת
da`ath
{dah'-ath}
From H3045; knowledge.
of the holy 6918
{6918} Prime
קָדוֹשׁ
qadowsh
{kaw-doshe'}
From H6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary.
[is] understanding. 998
{0998} Prime
בִּינָה
biynah
{bee-naw'}
From H0995; understanding.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 9:10

_ _ (Compare Proverbs 1:7).

_ _ of the holy — literally, “holies,” persons or things, or both. This knowledge gives right perception.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 9:1-12.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One [is] (i) understanding.

(i) He shows what true understanding is, to know the will of God in his word which is meant by holy things.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
The fear:

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
Psalms 111:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

the knowledge:

Proverbs 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1Ch 28:9. Jb 28:28. Ps 111:10. Pv 1:7; 2:5; 30:3. Ec 12:13. Mt 11:27. Jn 17:3. 1Jn 5:20.

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