Proverbs 3:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Wisdom is a tree of life for those who take firm hold of it. Those who cling to it are blessed.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

ASV:

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

BBE:

She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.

DBY:

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.

ERV:

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

JPS:

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.

WBS:

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

WEB:

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

YLT:

A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.

Proverbs 3:18 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins souls.

Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 15:4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit.

Revelation 2:7 'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:18 She [is] a tree {i} of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
(i) Which brings forth such fruit that they who eat of it have life and he alludes to the tree of life in paradise.

WES:

3:18 A tree - A pledge of everlasting life. He alludes to the tree of life, and intimates, that this is the only restorer of that life which we have lost by sin.

MHC:

3:13-20 No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find all our ways pleasantness, and our paths peace, for his are so; but we too often step aside from them, to our own hurt and grief. Christ is that Wisdom, by whom the worlds were made, and still are in being; happy are those to whom he is made of God wisdom. He has wherewithal to make good all his promises.

CONC:

Blessed Embrace Fast Hands Happy Hold Holdest Keeps Lay Laying Retaineth Retaining Retains Tree

Blessed Embrace Fast Hands Happy Hold Holdest Life Retaineth Retains Tree

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