Proverbs 3:22

In 11 translations

BSB

They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.

KJV

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

WEB

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

ASV

So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

LSV

And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.

YLT

And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

DBY

so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

DRC

And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.

GNV

So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.

JPS

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

LXXE

that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck; and it shall be health to thy flesh, and safety to thy bones:

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְ֝חֵ֗ן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

ἵνα ζήσῃ ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ χάρις ᾖ περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ· ἔσται δὲ ἴασις ταῖς σαρξί σου, καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς σοῖς ὀστέοις·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
• Proverbs 1:9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
• Isaiah 38:16O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
• John 12:49–50I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

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