Proverbs 8:34

In 10 translations

BSB

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

KJV

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

WEB

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

ASV

Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

LSV

O the blessedness of the man listening to me, || To watch at my doors day by day, || To watch at the doorposts of my entrance.

YLT

O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

DBY

Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

DRC

Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.

JPS

Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

LXXE

watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.

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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

אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָם֮ שֹׁמֵ֪עַֽ֫ לִ֥י לִשְׁקֹ֣ד עַל־דַּ֭לְתֹתַי י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מְזוּזֹ֥ת פְּתָחָֽי׃

LXX-Br

μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς εἰσακούσεταί μου, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς τὰς ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς φυλάξει, ἀγρυπνῶν ἐπʼ ἐμαῖς θύραις καθʼ ἡμέραν, τηρῶν σταθμοὺς ἐμῶν εἰσόδων.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
• Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
• Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
• Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
• Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
• Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• Acts 17:11–12Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. As a result, many of them…
• Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
• Proverbs 2:3–4if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
• Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
• Proverbs 1:21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
• Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
• James 1:22–25Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself…
• John 8:31–32So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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