Proverbs 24 · Verse 3

Proverbs 24:3

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Proverbs 24:3, King James Version

Proverbs 24:3 in other translations

BSBBy wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
WEBThrough wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
ASVThrough wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;
YLTBy wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.
DARBYThrough wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
BBEThe building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
WebsterThrough wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:

What does Proverbs 24:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:3-4
3-4. (Compare Pr 14:1; Is 54:14). house--including the family.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Through wisdom is a house blinded - That is, a family; household affairs. See the notes on Pro 9:1 (note), etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:3-6
Piety and prudence in outward affairs, both go together to complete a wise man. By knowledge the soul is filled with the graces and comforts of the spirit, those precious and pleasant riches. The spirit is strengthened for the spiritual work and the spiritual warfare, by true wisdom.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 24:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּ֭חָכְמָהBe.cha.khe.mahby wisdomH2451
יִבָּ֣נֶהyi.Ba.nehit is builtH1129
בָּ֑יִתBa.yita houseH1004
וּ֝בִתְבוּנָ֗הu.vit.vu.Nahand by understandingH8394
יִתְכּוֹנָֽן\׃yit.ko.Nanit is establishedH3559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 24:3

  • Proverbs 14:1

    Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

  • Proverbs 9:1

    Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

  • 1 Corinthians 3:9

    For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

  • Colossians 2:7

    Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

  • Jeremiah 10:12

    He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

  • 2 Samuel 7:26

    And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wisdom.
9:1; 14:1; 1Co 3:9
it is.
2Sa 7:26; Jer 10:12; Col 2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 24:2

    For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Proverbs 24:3

    Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

  • Proverbs 24:4

    And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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Proverbs 24:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Con sabiduría se edificará la casa, y con prudencia se afirmará:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Par la sagesse la maison est bâtie, et elle est établie par l’intelligence;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Durch Weisheit wird ein Haus gebaut, und durch Verstand wird es befestigt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sapientia ædificabitur domus, et prudentia roborabitur.