Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So shall it be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy mouth.

New American Standard Bible

So they will be life to your soul
And adornment to your neck.

King James Version

So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Holman Bible

They will be life for you
and adornment for your neck.

International Standard Version

and they will be life to you and a graceful ornament for your neck.

A Conservative Version

so they shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

American Standard Version

So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.

Amplified


And they will be life to your soul (your inner self)
And a gracious adornment to your neck (your outer self).

Bible in Basic English

So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

Darby Translation

so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

Julia Smith Translation

And they shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy throat

King James 2000

So shall they be life unto your soul, and grace to your neck.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They shall be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.

Modern King James verseion

and they shall be life to your soul and grace to your neck;

NET Bible

So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck.

New Heart English Bible

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

The Emphasized Bible

So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

Webster

So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

World English Bible

so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So shall they be life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

and grace
חן 
Chen 
Usage: 69

References

Easton

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society

21 My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel: 22 So shall it be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy mouth. 23 Then shalt thou walk safely in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble.



Cross References

Proverbs 1:9

for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life unto all those that find them, and health unto all their bodies.

Isaiah 38:16

O LORD, men may live beyond their years, and I will declare to all men that even in those years, it was thou that causedest me to sleep, and again thou hast given me life.

John 12:49-50

For I have not spoken of myself: but the father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak.

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