Proverbs 3:16
14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- KJV
- Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- WEB
- Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
- ASV
- Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
- DARBY
- Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand riches and honour.
- BLB
- Length of days [is] in her right hand, [and] in her left hand [are] wealth and honor.
- ÅB
- Langt liv har den i sin høyre hånd, rikdom og ære i sin venstre.
- OTB
- Langt liv følger med henne i den ene hånden; i den andre er rikdom og ære.
- B1930
- Langt liv har den i sin høire hånd, rikdom og ære i sin venstre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:2
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
Read in contextProverbs 22:4
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
Read in context1 Kings 3:13
Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:8
For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
Read in contextMark 10:30
will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Read in contextProverbs 8:18–21
With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:21–23
Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
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