A Father’s Instruction
Proverbs 4:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
- KJV
- For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.health: Heb. medicine
- WEB
- For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
- ASV
- For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
- LSV
- For they [are] life to those finding them, || And healing to all their flesh.
- YLT
- For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
- DBY
- For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
- DRC
- For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.
- GNV
- For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
- JPS
- For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
- LXXE
- For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.Or, healing.
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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
- כִּֽי־חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑ם וּֽלְכָל־בְּשָׂר֥וֹ מַרְפֵּֽא׃
- LXX-Br
- Ζωὴ γάρ ἐστι τοῖς εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτὰς, καὶ πάσῃ σαρκὶ ἴασις.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 33:6Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
- Proverbs 3:8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).