Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
New American Standard Bible
Wherever he turns, he prospers.
King James Version
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Holman Bible
wherever he turns, he succeeds.
International Standard Version
A bribe works wonders in the eyes of its giver; wherever he turns he prospers.
A Conservative Version
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.
American Standard Version
A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Amplified
A bribe is like a bright, precious stone in the eyes of its owner;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.
Darby Translation
A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.
Julia Smith Translation
The gift a stone of grace in the, eyes of him possessing it: to all which it shall turn it shall prosper.
King James 2000
A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The bribe [is] a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; {everywhere} he will turn, he will prosper.
Modern King James verseion
A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he is prudent.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Liberality is a precious stone unto him that hath it; for wheresoever he becometh, he prospereth.
NET Bible
A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.
New Heart English Bible
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
The Emphasized Bible
A gift, in the eyes of its owner, is, a stone of beauty, whithersoever it turneth, it bringeth prosperity.
Webster
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
World English Bible
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
Youngs Literal Translation
A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Interlinear
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References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
7 Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler. 8 An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well. 9 He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
Proverbs 17:23
A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
Genesis 33:9-11
But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.
Genesis 43:11
Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:
Deuteronomy 16:19
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
1 Samuel 25:35
Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.
2 Samuel 16:1-4
And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.
Psalm 18:16
He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
Psalm 19:6
His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.
Psalm 21:13
Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.
Proverbs 21:14
By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
Isaiah 1:23
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
Amos 5:12
For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.