Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible

“For he who finds me finds life
And obtains favor from the Lord.

King James Version

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

Holman Bible

For the one who finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,

International Standard Version

because those who find me find life and gain favor from the LORD.

A Conservative Version

For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of LORD.

Amplified


“For whoever finds me (Wisdom) finds life
And obtains favor and grace from the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

Darby Translation

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;

Julia Smith Translation

For he finding me, the finding of life, and he shall bnng forth acceptance from Jehovah.

King James 2000

For whosoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For he who finds me [is] he who finds life, and he obtains favor from Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

For whoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor from Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

NET Bible

For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;

Webster

For whoever findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor from the LORD.

World English Bible

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

me findeth
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

פּוּק 
Puwq 
Usage: 7

רצן רצון 
Ratsown 
Usage: 56

References

Fausets

Law

Hastings

Context Readings

Benefits Of Following Wisdom

34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:2

A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 3:13-18

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

Proverbs 1:33

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:36

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 17:3

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

Philippians 3:8

Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

Colossians 3:3

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

1 John 5:11-12

And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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