Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. New Living Translation for they will refresh your soul. They are like jewels on a necklace. English Standard Version and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck. Berean Standard Bible They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck. King James Bible So shall they be life unto 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 American Standard Bible And they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck. NASB 1995 So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck. NASB 1977 So they will be life to your soul, And adornment to your neck. Legacy Standard Bible So they will be life for your soul And grace for 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). Christian Standard Bible They will be life for you and adornment for your neck. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will be life for you and adornment for your neck. American Standard Version So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And it shall be Life to your soul and Grace to your neck. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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: Contemporary English Version They will help you to live a long and beautiful life. Douay-Rheims Bible And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth. English Revised Version So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then they will mean life for you, and they will grace your neck. Good News Translation They will provide you with life--a pleasant and happy life. International Standard Version and they will be life to you and a graceful ornament for your neck. JPS Tanakh 1917 So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck. Literal Standard Version And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck. Majority Standard Bible They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck. New American Bible So will they be life to your soul, and an adornment for your neck. NET Bible So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck. New Revised Standard Version and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck. New Heart English Bible so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Blessings of Wisdom…21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment. 22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck. 23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:47 For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Proverbs 1:9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck. Proverbs 4:13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life. Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body. Proverbs 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD. Proverbs 16:22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly. Proverbs 21:21 He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor. Treasury of Scripture So shall they be life to your soul, and grace to your neck. life Proverbs 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Isaiah 38:16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 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… grace Proverbs 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Jump to Previous Adornment Grace Life Neck Ornament SoulJump to Next Adornment Grace Life Neck Ornament SoulProverbs 3 1. various exhortations13. The gain of wisdom 27. Exhortation to goodness 33. the different state of the wicked and upright Verse 22. - So shall they he life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck. So shall they be (n'yikva); and they shall be. The "soul" and "neck" stand for the whole man in his twofold nature, internal and external. Life is in its highest and widest sense given to the soul (see Proverbs 2:16, 18; Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs 8:35), and favour is conferred on the man, i.e. he becomes acceptable to his neighbours, if he has wisdom. The latter expression is very similar to Proverbs 1:9, where the same promise is expressed, "grace" (hon) being equivalent to "ornament of grace" (liv'yath hon). Others understand "grace to thy neck" (hon l'garg grotheyka), as gratia guttturis, in the sense of "grace of the lips," as in Psalm 45:3 and Proverbs 22:11, that is, as the grace of speaking, power of eloquent and effective utterance (Gejerus, Bayne, Lapide). It is better to take it as referring to the adornment of the personal character, and so by metonymy of the favour and kindness which it procures. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They will beוְיִֽהְי֣וּ (wə·yih·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be life חַיִּ֣ים (ḥay·yîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life to your soul לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ (lə·nap̄·še·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion and adornment וְ֝חֵ֗ן (wə·ḥên) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective to your neck. לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·ḡar·gə·rō·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1621: The throat Links Proverbs 3:22 NIVProverbs 3:22 NLT Proverbs 3:22 ESV Proverbs 3:22 NASB Proverbs 3:22 KJV Proverbs 3:22 BibleApps.com Proverbs 3:22 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 3:22 Chinese Bible Proverbs 3:22 French Bible Proverbs 3:22 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 3:22 So they will be life to your (Prov. 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