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The Blessings of Wisdom

Proverbs 3:18

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
She [is] a tree of life to those laying hold on her, || And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
YLT
A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
DBY
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
DRC
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
GNV
She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
JPS
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.
LXXE
She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃
LXX-Br
Ξύλον ζωῆς ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀντεχομένοις αὐτῆς, καὶ τοῖς ἐπερειδομένοις ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ὡς ἐπὶ Κύριον ἀσφαλής.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
  • Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
  • Revelation 2:7He 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.
  • Genesis 2:9Out 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.
  • Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  • Genesis 3:22Then 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...”
  • Revelation 22:2down 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…

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