A Father’s Instruction
Proverbs 4:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
- KJV
- She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.a crown…: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory
- WEB
- She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
- ASV
- She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.
- LSV
- She gives a wreath of grace to your head, || She gives you a crown of beauty freely.”
- YLT
- She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
- DBY
- She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
- DRC
- She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown.
- GNV
- She shall giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shall giue thee a crowne of glorie.
- JPS
- She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'
- LXXE
- that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵ֑ן עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἵνα δῷ τῇ σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανον χαρίτων, στεφάνῳ δὲ τρυφῆς ὑπερασπίσῃ σου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 1:9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
- 1 Peter 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
- Hebrews 2:7–9You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we…
- Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
- Isaiah 28:5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
- Proverbs 3:22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
- Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- 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…
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