Proverbs 3:16
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
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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 length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Read in contextProverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Read in context1 Kings 3:13
And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Read in contextMark 10:30
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Read in contextProverbs 8:18–21
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:21–23
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
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