Proverbs 3:18
16 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.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
20 By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
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- BSB
- She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
- KJV
- She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- WEB
- She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
- ASV
- She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
- DARBY
- She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
- BLB
- A tree of life she [is] to those taking hold on her, and those grasping her are blessed.
- ÅB
- Den er et livsens tre for dem som griper den, og hver den som holder fast på den, må prises lykkelig.
- OTB
- Hun er et livets tre for dem som griper henne; lykkelige er de som holder fast ved henne.
- B1930
- Den er et livsens tre for dem som griper den, og hver den som holder fast på den, må prises lykkelig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
Read in contextProverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Read in contextRevelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Read in contextGenesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Read in contextProverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Read in contextGenesis 3:22
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
Read in contextRevelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
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