Proverbs 4:9

Geneva Bible

She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She will place a garland of favor on your head;she will give you a crown of beauty.”

Hebrew Names Version
She will give to your head a garland of grace. A crown of splendor will she deliver to you."

King James Version
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

English Standard Version
She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."

New Century Version
It will be like flowers in your hair and like a beautiful crown on your head."

New English Translation
She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you."

Amplified Bible
"She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty and glory."

New American Standard Bible
"She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty."

World English Bible
She will give to your head a garland of grace. A crown of splendor will she deliver to you."

Legacy Standard Bible
She will give for your head a garland of grace;She will present you with a crown of beauty."

Berean Standard Bible
She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty."

Contemporary English Version
It will be like wearing a glorious crown of beautiful flowers.

Complete Jewish Bible
she will give your head a garland of grace, bestow on you a crown of glory."

Darby Translation
She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
Wisdom will reward you with a crown of honor and glory."

George Lamsa Translation
She shall put upon your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she bestow upon you.

Good News Translation
She will be your crowning glory."

Lexham English Bible
She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you."

Literal Translation
She shall give a wreath of grace to your head; she shall shield you with a crown of glory.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She shal make the a gracious heade, and garnish the with ye crowne of glory.

American Standard Version
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee.

Bible in Basic English
She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'

King James Version (1611)
She shall giue to thine head an ornament of grace, a crowne of glory shall she deliuer to thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.

English Revised Version
She shall give to thine head a chaplet of grace: a crown of beauty shall she deliver to thee.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
It schal yyue encresyngis of graces to thin heed; and a noble coroun schal defende thee.

Update Bible Version
She will give to your head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty she will deliver to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

New King James Version
She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you."

New Living Translation
She will place a lovely wreath on your head; she will present you with a beautiful crown."

New Life Bible
She will put on your head a crown of loving-favor and beauty."

New Revised Standard
She will place on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown.

Revised Standard Version
She will place on your head a fair garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."

Young's Literal Translation
She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty."

Contextual Overview

¹ Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding. ² For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe. ³ For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother, ⁴ When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue. ⁵ Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. ⁶ Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee. ⁷ Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding. ⁸ Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her. ⁹ She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie. ¹⁰ Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

give: Proverbs 1:9, Proverbs 3:22, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Peter 3:4

a crown: etc. or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory, Proverbs 16:31, Isaiah 28:5, Hebrews 2:7-9, 1 Peter 5:4, Revelation 3:21

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 8:1 - a man's Ezekiel 16:11 - a chain 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - crown 2 Timothy 4:8 - a crown

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his offering,

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lorde said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper?

Genesis 4:11
Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

Genesis 4:13
Then Kain said to the Lorde, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.

Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.

Genesis 37:32
So they sent that particoloured coat, and they brought it vnto their father, and saide, This haue we founde: see nowe, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.

Psalms 9:12
For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.

Proverbs 28:13
He that hideth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but he that confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace,.... This, and the following clause, explain what that honour is Christ promotes and brings his followers to here and hereafter: he gives them grace and more grace; "an increase of grace", so the Vulgate Latin version renders it; and some think James refers to this passage, Proverbs 4:6. The grace that Christ gives is very ornamental to his people: justifying grace greatly beautifies and adorns them; it not only covers the nakedness of their souls, and all their spots and imperfections, and through it all their sins are caused to pass from them; but they are made exceeding beautiful, perfectly comely through this comeliness, a perfection of beauty by it; and which is often signified by that which is very ornamental, rich, and costly, as fine linen, clothing of wrought gold, raiment of needlework, a Wedding garment, stuck with jewels and precious stones: sanctifying grace, which also is Christ's gift, is very ornamental; it is called "the beauty of holiness"; it is that by which a man is made like to God, and conformed to the image of Christ; it is the curious workmanship of the Spirit of God; or what makes a man beautiful, and makes him meet for heaven and happiness: every grace is ornamental; faith, hope, love, humility, c. these are like rows of jewels, and chains of gold, about the neck. And when this ornament is said to be given "to the head", it is not to be understood of the natural head of a man, but of his whole person, it gives a comeliness to and may denote the visibility of it, as it appears in the life and conversation;

a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee; by which is meant eternal glory and happiness, called a "crown", an ensign of royal dignity, which, belongs to such as are made kings and priests unto God; and is given to conquerors, even who are more than conquerors through Christ, and as a reward of diligence and faithfulness, Revelation 2:10. It is sometimes called a crown of life, a crown of righteousness, an incorruptible and never-fading one, and, as here, "a crown of glory"; the saints in heaven will have a glory put upon them, both in soul and body; they will appear with Christ in glory, and be crowned with glory and honour, as he is; they will be clothed and surrounded with it: and so some render it,

"she will compass thee about with a crown of glory as with a shield'' w;

see Psalms 5:12. This Christ is said to "deliver"; it is in his hands, laid up in him, and is safe with him; he has power to dispose of it, and it may be expected from him; see 2 Timothy 4:8.

w תמגנך υπερασπιση σου, Sept. "proteget te", V. L. "muniet te", Montanus, Tigerine version; "cinget te", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.

Proverbs 4:7

Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.

Proverbs 4:12

The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.

Proverbs 4:13

She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.

Proverbs 4:16

A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.

Proverbs 4:17

i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.

Proverbs 4:18

Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.

Proverbs 4:19

Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.

Proverbs 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 4:9. A crown of glory — A tiara, diadem, or crown, shall not be more honourable to the princely wearer, than sound wisdom-true religion-coupled with deep learning, shall be to the Christian and the scholar.