Proverbs 1:9

In 11 translations

BSB

For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

KJV

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.an…: Heb. an adding

WEB

for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

ASV

For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

LSV

For they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, || And chains to your neck.

YLT

For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

DBY

for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

DRC

That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

GNV

For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

JPS

For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

LXXE

For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י ׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Στέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ, καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 4:9She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
• Daniel 5:29Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
• Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
• Proverbs 6:20–21My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
• Proverbs 3:22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
• Ezekiel 16:11I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
• Isaiah 3:19their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
• Song of Songs 1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
• 1 Timothy 2:9–10Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, as is proper for women…
• 1 Peter 3:3–4Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is…
• Song of Songs 4:9You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
• Daniel 5:7The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple…
• Daniel 5:16But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a…

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