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The Excellence of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:21

In 11 translations

BSB
bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
KJV
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
WEB
that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
ASV
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.
LSV
To cause my lovers to inherit substance, || Indeed, I fill their treasures.
YLT
To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.
DBY
that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.
DRC
That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
GNV
That I may cause them that loue me, to inherite substance, and I will fill their treasures.
JPS
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
LXXE
that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember also to recount the things of old.

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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
לְהַנְחִ֖יל אֹהֲבַ֥י ׀ יֵ֑שׁ וְאֹצְרֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם אֲמַלֵּֽא׃
LXX-Br
ἵνα μερίσω τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀγαπῶσιν ὕπαρξιν, καὶ τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῶν ἐμπλήσω ἀγαθῶν· ἐὰν ἀναγγείλω ὑμῖν τὰ καθʼ ἡμέραν γινόμενα, μνημονεύσω τὰ ἐξ αἰῶνος ἀριθμῆσαι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
  • Proverbs 24:4through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
  • Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
  • Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
  • Hebrews 10:34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
  • Proverbs 1:13We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
  • 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the…
  • Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
  • Proverbs 8:18With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.
  • John 1:1–18In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life,…
  • Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
  • Ephesians 3:19–20of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power…
  • Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

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