Verse List for PROV 4:8

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OET (OET-RV) Esteem wisdom and it will lift you up. ⇔ ≈ Wisdom will honour you when you embrace it.

OET-LV Esteem_her and_she_will _exalt _you she_will _honour _you if/because you_will _embrace _her.

ULT Cherish her, and she will raise you up; ⇔ she will honor you when you embrace her.

UST Prize what is wise, so that you will become great. ⇔  People will honor you when you value what is wise.

BSB & MSB Prize her, and she will exalt you; ⇔  if you embrace her, she will honor you.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Esteem her, and she will exalt you. ⇔  She will bring you to honour when you embrace her.

NET Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; ⇔ she will honor you if you embrace her.

LSV Exalt her and she lifts you up,
She honors you when you embrace her.

FBV Treasure wisdom, and she will praise you; embrace her, and she will honor you.

T4T If you consider being wise to be very valuable, ⇔  people will think very highly of you. ⇔ If you cling to wisdom like you would cling to a woman you love, ⇔  many people will honor you.

LEB • Cherish her and she will exalt you;
• she will honor you if you embrace her.

BBE Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

Moff prize her, and she will promote you, ⇔  and bring you to honour, if you will embrace her,

JPS Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

ASV Exalt her, and she will promote thee; ⇔ She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

DRA Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.

YLT Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

Drby Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

RV Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
(Exalt her, and she shall promote thee/you: she shall bring thee/you to honour, when thou/you dost/do embrace her.)

SLT Lift her up and she shall exalt thee: she will honor thee when thou shalt embrace her.

Wbstr Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

KJB-1769 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
(Exalt her, and she shall promote thee/you: she shall bring thee/you to honour, when thou/you dost/do embrace her.)

KJB-1611 Exalt her, and shee shall promote thee: shee shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest imbrace her.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:
(Make much of her, and she shall promote thee/you, yea if thou/you embrace her, she shall bring thee/you unto honour:)

Gnva Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
(Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee/you: she shall bring thee/you to honour, if thou/you embrace her.)

Cvdl Make moch of her, and she shal promote the: Yee yf thou embracest her, she shal brynge the vnto honoure.
(Make much of her, and she shall promote them: Ye/You_all if thou/you embracest her, she shall bring the unto honour.)

Wycl Take thou it, and it schal enhaunse thee; thou schalt be glorified of it, whanne thou hast biclippid it.
(Take thou/you it, and it shall enhance thee/you; thou/you shalt/shall be glorified of it, when thou/you hast took_hold_of it.)

Luth Achte sie hoch, so wird sie dich erhöhen und wird dich zu Ehren machen, wo du sie herzest.
(Eighte they/she/them high, so becomes they/she/them you/yourself increase/enhance and becomes you/yourself to/for honour(n) make, where you(sg) they/she/them embrace.)

ClVg Arripe illam, et exaltabit te; glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus.
(Arripe her, and will_exalt you(sg); glorificaberis away them when/with her you_were amplexatus.)

UHB סַלְסְלֶ֥⁠הָ וּֽ⁠תְרוֹמְמֶ֑⁠ךָּ תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְ⁠ךָ כִּ֣י תְחַבְּקֶֽ⁠נָּה׃ ‡

BrLXX Περιχαράκωσον αὐτὴν, καὶ ὑψώσει σε· τίμησον αὐτὴν, ἵνα σε περιλάβῃ·

BrTr [fn]Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;