Proverbs 3:18
16 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.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
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Compare
- 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 that winneth souls is wise.
Read in contextProverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Read in contextRevelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Read in contextGenesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Read in contextProverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Read in contextGenesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Read in contextRevelation 22:2
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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