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Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 20:7

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Instruction;   Integrity;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Heredity;   Honesty;   Integrity;   Just, the;   Offspring;   Promises, Divine;   Righteous, the;   Righteous-Wicked;   Righteousness;   Seed of the Righteous;   Virtues;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Justice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blessed, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Walk;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Integrity;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for April 25;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A righteous person acts with integrity;his children who come after him will be happy.
Hebrew Names Version
A righteous man who walks in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
King James Version
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
English Standard Version
The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!
New American Standard Bible
A righteous person who walks in his integrity— How blessed are his sons after him.
New Century Version
The good people who live honest lives will be a blessing to their children.
Amplified Bible
The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs— How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].
World English Bible
A righteous man who walks in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that walketh in his integritie, is iust: and blessed shall his children be after him.
Legacy Standard Bible
A righteous man who walks in his integrity—How blessed are his sons after him.
Berean Standard Bible
The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Contemporary English Version
Good people live right, and God blesses the children who follow their example.
Complete Jewish Bible
The righteous live a life of integrity; happy are their children after them.
Darby Translation
The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!
Easy-to-Read Version
When people live good, honest lives, their children are blessed.
George Lamsa Translation
The just man walks in his integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Good News Translation
Children are fortunate if they have a father who is honest and does what is right.
Lexham English Bible
He who walks in his integrity is righteous; happy are his children who follow him.
Literal Translation
The just one walks in his integrity, blessed are his sons after him!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life, happie shal his children be, whom he leaueth behynde him.
American Standard Version
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.
Bible in Basic English
An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that walketh in his integrity as a just man, happy are his children after him.
King James Version (1611)
The iust man walketh in his integritie: his children are blessed after him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly, shalbe blessed after hym.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed.
English Revised Version
A just man that walketh in his integrity, blessed are his children after him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe a iust man that goith in his simplenesse, schal leeue blessid sones aftir hym.
Update Bible Version
A righteous man that walks in his integrity, Blessed are his sons after him.
Webster's Bible Translation
The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
New English Translation
The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
New King James Version
The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
New Living Translation
The godly walk with integrity; blessed are their children who follow them.
New Life Bible
How happy are the sons of a man who is right with God and walks in honor!
New Revised Standard
The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As for a righteous man, walking in his integrity, how happy are his children after him!
Douay-Rheims Bible
The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
Revised Standard Version
A righteous man who walks in his integrity--blessed are his sons after him!
THE MESSAGE
God-loyal people, living honest lives, make it much easier for their children.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A righteous man who walks in his integrity— How blessed are his sons after him.

Contextual Overview

7 The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

just: Proverbs 14:2, Proverbs 19:1, Psalms 15:2, Psalms 26:1, Psalms 26:11, Isaiah 33:15, Luke 1:6, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Titus 2:11, Titus 2:12, 3 John 1:3, 3 John 1:4

his children: Proverbs 13:22, Genesis 17:7, Psalms 37:26, Psalms 112:2, Jeremiah 32:39, Acts 2:39

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:5 - in the integrity Deuteronomy 28:4 - General Joshua 11:6 - horses 1 Kings 9:4 - And if thou Ezra 9:12 - and leave it Psalms 25:13 - his seed Psalms 25:21 - General Isaiah 26:7 - way Acts 11:14 - all Philippians 4:8 - are just

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'
Genesis 12:15
and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh's house;
Genesis 12:17
And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;
Genesis 20:2
and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.
Genesis 20:3
And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'
Genesis 20:4
And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?
Genesis 20:5
hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.'
Genesis 20:6
And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;
Genesis 20:9
and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The just [man] walketh in his integrity,.... This is the faithful and upright man, who is made righteous by the obedience of Christ; and walks by faith in him, and according to the truth of the Gospel;

his children [are] blessed after him; with temporal blessings; and, walking in the same integrity as he does, they are blessed with spiritual blessings here, and eternal blessedness hereafter; see

Psalms 37:26. It is an observation of an Heathen poet c, that good things befall the children of the godly, but not the children of the ungodly.

c Theoerit. Idyll. 27. v. 32.


 
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