Proverbs 18:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

New Living Translation
Giving a gift can open doors; it gives access to important people!

English Standard Version
A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.

Berean Study Bible
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.

New American Standard Bible
A person’s gift makes room for him And brings him before great people.

NASB 1995
A man's gift makes room for him And brings him before great men.

NASB 1977
A man’s gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.

Amplified Bible
A man’s gift [given in love or courtesy] makes room for him And brings him before great men.

Christian Standard Bible
A person’s gift opens doors for him and brings him before the great.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A gift opens doors for a man and brings him before the great.

Contemporary English Version
A gift will get you in to see anyone.

Good News Translation
Do you want to meet an important person? Take a gift and it will be easy.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A gift opens doors for the one who gives it and brings him into the presence of great people.

International Standard Version
A person's gift opens doors for him, bringing him access to important people.

NET Bible
A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

New King James Version
A man’s gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.

King James 2000 Bible
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

New Heart English Bible
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

World English Bible
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

American King James Version
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

American Standard Version
A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

A Faithful Version
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.

Darby Bible Translation
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

English Revised Version
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Webster's Bible Translation
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Liberalite bryngeth a man to honor and worshipe, & setteth him amonge greate men.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The gift of a man makes room for him, "" And it leads him before the great.

Young's Literal Translation
The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

Smith's Literal Translation
The gift of a man will enlarge to him, and shall conduct him before the great.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A man’s gift expands his way and makes space for him before leaders.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A man's gifts give him room and stand him before the great.

Lamsa Bible
A man's gifts make room for him and bring him before great men.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A man's gift enlarges him, and seats him among princes.
















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