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New King James Version
Proverbs 1:9
For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.
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Christian Standard Bible®
for they will be a garland of favor on your headand pendants around your neck.
for they will be a garland of favor on your headand pendants around your neck.
Hebrew Names Version
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
King James Version
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
English Standard Version
for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
New Century Version
Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.
Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.
New English Translation
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
Amplified Bible
For they are a garland of grace on your head, And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
For they are a garland of grace on your head, And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
New American Standard Bible
For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.
For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.
World English Bible
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
Legacy Standard Bible
For they are a garland of grace for your headAnd ornaments about your neck.
For they are a garland of grace for your headAnd ornaments about your neck.
Berean Standard Bible
For they are a garland of grace on your head, and a pendant around your neck.
For they are a garland of grace on your head, and a pendant around your neck.
Contemporary English Version
and wear their teachings as you would a lovely hat or a pretty necklace.
and wear their teachings as you would a lovely hat or a pretty necklace.
Complete Jewish Bible
they will be a garland to grace your head, a medal of honor for your neck.
they will be a garland to grace your head, a medal of honor for your neck.
Darby Translation
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Easy-to-Read Version
What you learn from your parents will bring you honor and respect, like a crown or a gold medal.
What you learn from your parents will bring you honor and respect, like a crown or a gold medal.
George Lamsa Translation
For they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck.
For they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck.
Good News Translation
Their teaching will improve your character as a handsome turban or a necklace improves your appearance.
Their teaching will improve your character as a handsome turban or a necklace improves your appearance.
Lexham English Bible
for they are a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
for they are a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
Literal Translation
for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains for your neck.
for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains for your neck.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke.
for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke.
American Standard Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Bible in Basic English
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
King James Version (1611)
For they shall be an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
For they shall be an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke.
For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
English Revised Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
Update Bible Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace to your head, And chains about your neck.
For they shall be a chaplet of grace to your head, And chains about your neck.
Webster's Bible Translation
For they [shalt be] an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they [shalt be] an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
New Living Translation
What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.
New Life Bible
For they are a glory to your head and a chain of beauty around your neck.
For they are a glory to your head and a chain of beauty around your neck.
New Revised Standard
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
Revised Standard Version
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
Young's Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.
Contextual Overview
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; 9 For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they: Proverbs 3:22, Proverbs 4:9, Proverbs 6:20, Proverbs 6:21, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Peter 3:3, 1 Peter 3:4
an ornament: Heb. an adding, Genesis 41:42, Song of Solomon 1:10, Song of Solomon 4:9, Isaiah 3:19, Ezekiel 16:11, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 5:29
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:2 - hearken Exodus 13:9 - a sign Exodus 20:12 - Honour Psalms 73:6 - as a chain Proverbs 25:12 - a wise Jeremiah 35:8 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 1:1
Genesis 2:4-9; Job 38:4-11; John 1:1-5">[xr] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 2:4-9; Job 38:4-11; John 1:1-5">[xr] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was [fn] on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was [fn] on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:5
God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head,.... The instructions and laws of parents being attended unto and obeyed by children, render them more lovely and amiable than any beautiful ornament whatever that can be put upon their heads;
and chains about thy neck; be that unto them as chains of gold are to the neck, beautify and adorn them; so good works, done in obedience to God and parents, are ornaments of great price, and preferable to any outward adorning whatever; see 1 Timothy 2:9. The allusions are unto, and the metaphors taken from, those things which are most pleasing and acceptable to children, as fine top knots and golden chains.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
To the Israelite’s mind no signs or badges of joy or glory were higher in worth than the garland around the head, the gold chain around the neck, worn by kings and the favorites of kings Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 1:9. An ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains — That is, filial respect and obedience will be as ornamental to thee as crowns, diadems, and golden chains and pearls are to others.
Political dignity has been distinguished in many nations by a chain of gold about the neck. Solomon seems here to intimate, if we follow the metaphor, that the surest way of coming to distinguished eminence, in civil matters, is to act according to the principles of true wisdom, proceeding from the fear of God.
