Pro 8:19 | NET2full | STEP | My fruit is better than the purest gold , and my harvest is better than choice silver .

Proverbs 8:19

19 My fruit is better than the purest gold, ^{▼▼tn The two synonyms, “than gold, than fine gold” probably form a hendiadys here to express “the very finest gold.”}
and my harvest ^{▼▼tn The noun תְּבוּאָה (tevuʾah) means “harvest, yield of crops, produce” and by extension “profit” (HALOT 1679, s.v.). The agricultural imagery is an implied metaphor (hypocatastasis) for the gains that wisdom produces in one’s life.} is better than choice silver.