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The Excellence of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:35

In 11 translations

BSB
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
KJV
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.obtain: Heb. bring forth
WEB
For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
ASV
For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
LSV
For whoever is finding me, has found life, || And brings out goodwill from YHWH.
YLT
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
DBY
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
DRC
He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
GNV8:34
For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shall obteine fauour of the Lord.
JPS
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
LXXE
For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and in them is prepared favour from the Lord.

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  • Written (Ketiv): מֹצְאֵי (“[are] finders of”). Read aloud (Qere): מָצָ֣א (“he finds”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads מָצָ֣אי; read aloud (Qere) reads מָצָ֣א (“he finds”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֣י מֹ֭צְאִי מצאי חַיִּ֑ים וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): מָצָ֣אYathir readings in L which we have designated as Qeres when both Dothan and BHS list a Qere.
LXX-Br
Αἱ γὰρ ἔξοδοί μου, ἔξοδοι ζωῆς, καὶ ἑτοιμάζεται θέλησις παρὰ Κυρίου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  • 1 John 5:11–12And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
  • Proverbs 12:2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
  • Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
  • John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
  • Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
  • Proverbs 3:13–18Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with…
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
  • Proverbs 1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
  • John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  • Proverbs 4:22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • Content check: text matches KJV Prov.8.35 (word overlap 0.44), not Prov.8.34 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Prov.8.34 (TVTMS action was 'identity').

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