Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Holman Bible
and a gold chain around your neck.
A Conservative Version
For they shall be a garland of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
American Standard Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Amplified
For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
Bible in Basic English
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
Darby Translation
for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Julia Smith Translation
For they a garland of grace to thy head, and necklaces for thy throat
King James 2000
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for they [are] a garland of favor for your head, and pendants for your neck.
Modern King James verseion
for they shall be an ornament of grace to your head and chains around your neck.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck.
NET Bible
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
New Heart English Bible
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and a necklace around your neck.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
Webster
For they shalt be an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
World English Bible
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
Themes
Adorning » Spiritual » General references
Adorning » Rich apparel » Chains used as ornaments
Children » Should » Attend to parental teaching
Interlinear
Ro'sh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Advice To The Young
8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching. 9 They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:9
She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will present to you a crown of beauty."
Genesis 41:42
Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand, placed it on Joseph's hand, had him clothed in fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
Daniel 5:29
Then Belshazzar gave orders to clothe Daniel in purple, to place a chain of gold around his neck, and to proclaim him the third highest ruler of the kingdom.
Proverbs 3:22
and they will be life to you and a graceful ornament for your neck.
Proverbs 6:20-21
Keep your father's commands, my son, and never forsake your mother's rules,
Song of Songs 1:10
Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
Song of Songs 4:9
You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace.
Isaiah 3:19
pendants, bracelets, veils,
Ezekiel 16:11
I adorned you with jewels, placing bracelets on your hand and necklaces on your neck.
Daniel 5:7
The king cried out to bring in enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers. He announced to the advisors of Babylon, "Whoever can read this writing and tell me its meaning will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain placed around his neck, and will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom."
Daniel 5:16
However, I've heard that you can provide meaning and interpretation, and that you can solve difficult problems. If you are able to read the writing and report its meaning, you will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom."
1 Timothy 2:9-10
Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not with elaborate hairstyles or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,
1 Peter 3:3-4
Your beauty should not be an external one, consisting of braided hair or the wearing of gold ornaments and dresses.