Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
rejoicing in the world, His earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
New American Standard Bible
And having
King James Version
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Holman Bible
delighting in the human race.
International Standard Version
rejoicing in his inhabitable world and taking delight in mankind."
A Conservative Version
rejoicing in his habitable earth. And my delight was with the sons of men.
American Standard Version
Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
Amplified
Rejoicing in the world, His inhabited earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.
Bible in Basic English
Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
Darby Translation
rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Julia Smith Translation
Smiling in the habitable globe of his earth; and my delight with the sons of man.
King James 2000
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight [was] with the children of humankind.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for the round compass of his world, I make it joyful: for my delight is to be among the children of men.
NET Bible
rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.
New Heart English Bible
Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
The Emphasized Bible
Exulting in the fruitful land of his earth, Yea, my fulness of delight, was with the sons of men.
Webster
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
World English Bible
Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
Youngs Literal Translation
Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.
Interlinear
Sachaq
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom At Creation
30 even I was a workman at His side; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him; 31 rejoicing in the world, His earth; and my delight was with the sons of men. 32 And now listen to me, O sons; for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Cross References
Psalm 16:3
As to the saints in the earth, they are the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Psalm 40:6-8
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.
John 13:1
And before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come when He should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own in the world, He loved them to the end.
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, for your sakes He became poor, in order that you might be made rich through His poverty.