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12 [a]For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and knowledge is profitable because wisdom gives life to those who possess it.

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  1. 7:12 St. Jerome’s translation of v. 12b gives an edge to wisdom over money: “But learning and wisdom excel in this, that they bestow life on the one who possesses them.”

12 Wisdom is a shelter
    as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
    Wisdom preserves those who have it.

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12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

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12 For wisdom is [a]a (A)defense as money is a defense,
But the [b]excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives (B)life to those who have it.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:12 A protective shade, lit. shadow
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:12 advantage or profit