Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

King James Version

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Holman Bible

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,
but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

International Standard Version

Charm is deceitful and beauty fades; but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised.

A Conservative Version

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, [but] a woman who fears LORD, she shall be praised.

American Standard Version

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

Amplified


Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised.

Bible in Basic English

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

Darby Translation

Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

Julia Smith Translation

Favor a falsehood, and beauty vanity: a woman fearing Jehovah, she shall be praised.

King James 2000

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Charm [is] deceit and beauty [is] vain; [but] a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.

Modern King James verseion

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears Jehovah, she shall be praised.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Favour is a deceitful thing, and beauty is vanity; but a woman that feareth God, she shall be praised.

NET Bible

Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

New Heart English Bible

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

The Emphasized Bible

Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised:

Webster

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

World English Bible

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Youngs Literal Translation

The grace is false, and the beauty is vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

and beauty
יפי 
Yophiy 
Usage: 19

is vain
הבל הבל 
hebel 
Usage: 73

but a woman
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 43

the Lord

Usage: 0

References

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Images Proverbs 31:30

Prayers for Proverbs 31:30

Context Readings

An Excellent Woman

29 Resh Many daughters have done valiantly, but thou dost excel them all. 30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Tau Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.


Cross References

1 Peter 3:4-5

but let the interior adorning of the heart be without corruption, and of an agreeable spirit and peaceful, which is precious in the sight of God.

Exodus 1:17-21

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but gave the men children their lives.

1 Peter 1:24

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

2 Samuel 14:25

And in all Israel there was no one to be so greatly praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Esther 1:11-12

to bring Vashti, the queen, before the king with the crown of the kingdom, to show the people and the princes her beauty, for she was fair to behold.

Psalm 147:11

The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that wait upon his mercy.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and chastening.

Proverbs 6:25

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eyes.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 11:22

As a gold ring in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that thou should take hold of this; and also from the other not withdraw thy hand; for he that fears God shall come through with everything.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The conclusion of the entire sermon is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole happiness of man.

Ezekiel 16:15

But thou didst trust in thine own beauty and didst play the harlot because of thy renown and didst pour out thy fornications on every one that passed by; thou wert his.

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

Luke 1:46-50

Then Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,

Romans 2:29

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each one have praise of God.

James 1:11

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beautiful appearance of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

1 Peter 1:7

that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest;

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