The Excellence of Wisdom
Proverbs 8:31
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
- KJV
- Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
- WEB
- rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
- ASV
- Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
- LSV
- Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, || And my delights [are] with the sons of men.
- YLT
- Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.
- DBY
- rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
- DRC
- Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.
- GNV
- And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.
- JPS
- Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.
- LXXE
- For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
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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
- מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑וֹ וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- ὅτε ἐνευφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας, καὶ ἐνευφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
WisdomPersonificationDelightLogosEthicsWisdom of Solomon, TheTrinityProverbs, the Book ofMediation; MediatorGod
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
- John 13:1It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
- Psalms 40:6–8Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll: I delight to do…
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).