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New Living Translation

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Thompson Chain Reference - Crowns;   Home;   The Topic Concordance - Children;   Parents;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Crown;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crown;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Auerbach, Menahem Mendel ben Meshullam Solomon;   Hand;   Kiss and Kissing;  

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
Sons of sons are the crown of old men; And the glory of sons are their fathers.
New Century Version
Old people are proud of their grandchildren, and children are proud of their parents.
New English Translation
Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
Webster's Bible Translation
Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [is] their fathers.
World English Bible
Children's children are the crown of old men; The glory of children are their parents.
Amplified Bible
Grandchildren are the crown of aged men, And the glory of children is their fathers [who live godly lives].
English Standard Version
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem.
English Revised Version
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Berean Standard Bible
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
Contemporary English Version
Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, and children should be proud of their parents.
American Standard Version
Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
Bible in Basic English
Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Complete Jewish Bible
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, while the glory of children is their ancestors.
Darby Translation
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Easy-to-Read Version
Grandchildren are the pride and joy of old age, and children take great pride in their parents.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
King James Version (1611)
Childrens children are the crowne of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
New Life Bible
Grandchildren are the pride and joy of old men and a son is proud of his father.
New Revised Standard
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.
George Lamsa Translation
Childrens children are the crowns of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.
Good News Translation
Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The crown of old men, consists of children's children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Children’s children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.
Revised Standard Version
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
Christian Standard Bible®
Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,and the pride of children is their fathers.
Hebrew Names Version
Children's children are the crown of old men; The glory of children are their parents.
King James Version
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Lexham English Bible
The crown of the elderly are grandchildren, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Literal Translation
Grandsons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons' sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honor of the children.
THE MESSAGE
Old people are distinguished by grandchildren; children take pride in their parents.
New American Standard Bible
Grandchildren are the crown of the old, And the glory of sons is their fathers.
New King James Version
Children's children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Grandchildren are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons is their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
Grandchildren are the crown of old men,And the beauty of sons is their fathers.

Contextual Overview

6 Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Children's: Genesis 50:23, Job 42:16, Job 42:17, Psalms 127:3-5, Psalms 128:3-6

and the: Exodus 3:14, Exodus 3:15, 1 Kings 11:12, 1 Kings 15:4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:48 - which Job 21:8 - General Job 29:5 - my children Psalms 107:41 - maketh Psalms 127:4 - so are children Ecclesiastes 6:3 - a man Isaiah 49:18 - thou shalt Jeremiah 8:8 - in vain 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - crown 1 Thessalonians 2:20 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 17:4
"This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants."
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. "How could I become a father at the age of 100?" he thought. "And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?"
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 35:11
Then God said, "I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
Ezra 4:20
Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River, receiving tribute, customs, and tolls.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Children's children [are] the crown of old men,.... Ancient parents. Grandfathers with the Jews are called old men, as Buxtorf d observes. A numerous progeny was reckoned a great blessing to a man; to have his table surrounded with children, as olive plants; to be encircled with a large family was a crown of glory e; and to live to see children's children, a large number of grandchildren, was still a greater glory; and especially, as Jarchi observes, when these children, or children's children, were walking in a good way, in the good ways of religion and godliness, they trained them up in. Christ is the Ancient of days, the everlasting Father; and it is his glory, as Mediator, to see his seed, to have a numerous off spring; and which will endure for ever, as the days of heaven: ministers of the Gospel are spiritual fathers; and those who have been converted under their ministry wilt be their joy and "crown of rejoicing" at the last day, 1 Thessalonians 2:19;

and the glory of children [are] their fathers; who are wise, as Aben Ezra observes; and righteous, as Jarchi: if they are wise and good men, it is an honour to their children that they descend from them; nor are they ashamed to own their relation to them, but glory in it, as the Jews did in Abraham, saying, "We have Abraham for our father", Matthew 3:9 Luke 3:8: but, on the contrary, if their fathers are foolish or wicked, their children are ashamed of them, and do not care to acknowledge their descent from them; and such parents, who are an honour to their children, their children should be careful to tread in their steps, that they reflect no dishonour on them; particularly as it is our great honour and glory to have God for our father, to be his adopted sons and daughters, we should be followers of him as dear children, and be obedient ones.

d In Lex. Talmud. col. 684. e "Te felix natorum turba coronat", Claudian. de Raptu Prosperp. l. 1. v. 109.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The reciprocity of good in sustained family relationships. A long line of children’s children is the glory of old age, a long line of ancestors the glory of their descendants.


 
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