Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.

New American Standard Bible

A gray head is a crown of glory;
It is found in the way of righteousness.

King James Version

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Holman Bible

Gray hair is a glorious crown;
it is found in the way of righteousness.

International Standard Version

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is obtained by following a righteous path.

A Conservative Version

The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

American Standard Version

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Amplified


The silver-haired head is a crown of splendor and glory;
It is found in the way of righteousness.

Bible in Basic English

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

Darby Translation

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Julia Smith Translation

Old age a crown of glorying, shall be found in the way of justice.

King James 2000

White hair is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

Modern King James verseion

The gray head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Age is a crown of worship, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

NET Bible

Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.

New Heart English Bible

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Webster

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

World English Bible

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Youngs Literal Translation

A crown of beauty are grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The hoary head
שׂיבה 
Seybah 
Usage: 19

is a crown
עטרה 
`atarah 
Usage: 23

of glory
תּפארת תּפארה 
Tiph'arah 
Usage: 51

if it be found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

in the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

References

Images Proverbs 16:31

Prayers for Proverbs 16:31

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

30 Closing his eyes, to devise perverse things, biting his lips, he hath plotted mischief. 31 A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found. 32 Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.



Cross References

Proverbs 20:29

The beauty of young men, is their strength, and, the ornament of old men, a hoary head.

Genesis 47:7-10

So Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and caused him to stand before Pharaoh, - and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Leviticus 19:32

Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder, - So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God - I, am Yahweh.

1 Samuel 12:2-5

Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you, - But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.

1 Chronicles 29:10-25

Therefore did David bless Yahweh in the eyes of all the convocation, - and David said, Blessed art thou, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from age even unto age.

Job 32:6-7

So then Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite, responded and said: - Young, am I, whereas, ye, are aged, For this cause, I faltered, and feared - to shew my knowledge unto you:

Proverbs 3:1-2

My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;

Proverbs 17:6

The crown of old men, consists of children's children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better a boy poor and wise, - than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.

Luke 1:6

Now they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and righteous appointments of the Lord, blameless;

Luke 2:29-38

Now, dost thou dismiss thy servant, O Sovereign, according to thy declaration - in peace;

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