Proverbs 8:31 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

found joy in his inhabited world, and delighted in the human race.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

ASV:

Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

BBE:

Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

DBY:

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.

ERV:

Rejoicing in his habitable earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

JPS:

Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.

WBS:

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

WEB:

Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

YLT:

Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.

Proverbs 8:31 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 16:3 As for the saints who are in the earth, They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.

John 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:31 {n} Rejoicing in the habitable part of {o} his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
(n) By which is declared that the work of the creation was no pain, but a solace to the wisdom of God.
(o) By earth he means men, which is the work of God in whom wisdom took pleasure: in that as for man's sake the divine wisdom took man's nature, and dwelt among us, and filled us with unspeakable treasures, and this is the solace and pastime of which is here spoken.

WES:

8:31 My delights were - To uphold them by my power and providence, to reveal myself and my Father's will to them from age to age, to assume their nature, and to redeem and save them.

MHC:

8:22-31 The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?

CONC:

Delight Delighting Delights Habitable Inhabited Mankind Playing Rejoicing Sons

Delight Delighting Delights Earth Habitable Inhabited Mankind Part Playing Rejoicing Whole World

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