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Douay-Rheims Bible

Proverbs 3:22

And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   God's;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Grace;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Soul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Grace;   Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Grace;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amulet;   Bibliomancy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They will be life for youand adornment for your neck.
Hebrew Names Version
So they will be life to your soul, And grace for your neck.
King James Version
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
English Standard Version
and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
New Century Version
They will give you life and beauty like a necklace around your neck.
New English Translation
So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck.
Amplified Bible
And they will be life to your soul (your inner self) And a gracious adornment to your neck (your outer self).
New American Standard Bible
And they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.
World English Bible
So they will be life to your soul, And grace for your neck.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they will be life for your soulAnd grace for your neck.
Berean Standard Bible
They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
Contemporary English Version
They will help you to live a long and beautiful life.
Complete Jewish Bible
they will be life for your being and grace for your neck.
Darby Translation
so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.
Easy-to-Read Version
They will bring you a long life filled with honor.
George Lamsa Translation
So shall they be life to your soul and grace to your neck.
Good News Translation
They will provide you with life—a pleasant and happy life.
Lexham English Bible
They shall be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
Literal Translation
and they shall be life to your soul, and grace to your neck;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so shal it be life vnto thy soule, & grace vnto yi mouth.
American Standard Version
So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
Bible in Basic English
So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
King James Version (1611)
So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule, and grace vnto thy mouth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck; and it shall be health to thy flesh, and safety to thy bones:
English Revised Version
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal be to thi chekis.
Update Bible Version
So they shall be life to your soul, And grace to your neck.
Webster's Bible Translation
So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
New King James Version
So they will be life to your soul And grace to your neck.
New Living Translation
for they will refresh your soul. They are like jewels on a necklace.
New Life Bible
And they will be life to your soul and a chain of beauty to your neck.
New Revised Standard
and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;
Revised Standard Version
and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
Young's Literal Translation
And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.

Contextual Overview

21 My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel: 22 And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth. 23 Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble: 24 If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee. 26 For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

life: Proverbs 4:22, Isaiah 38:16, John 12:49, John 12:50

grace: Proverbs 1:9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:47 - General Proverbs 4:9 - give Proverbs 4:13 - she

Cross-References

Genesis 1:26
And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:5
For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6
And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:12
And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.
Psalms 22:26
(21-27) The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
Jeremiah 22:23
Thou that sittest in Libanus, and makest thy nest in the cedars, how hast thou mourned when sorrows came upon thee, as the pains of a woman in labour?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So shall they be life unto thy soul,.... Give it a better life than it naturally has, though immortal; Christ is both the spiritual and eternal life of the souls of those that look unto him by faith; and his Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are the means of reviving drooping saints, and of quickening them to the discharge of their duty; wherefore both he and they should be kept in continual view, and held fast;

and grace to thy neck; an ornament to that and to the whole man; how ornamental is Christ and his righteousness to a believer! how lovely is the person that is steady in his principles, and regular in his practices! who stands fast in the truths of the Gospel, and whose conversation is as becomes it! see Proverbs 1:9.


 
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