PRO 20:29 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Κόσμος νεανίαις σοφία, δόξα δὲ πρεσβυτέρων πολιαί.
(Kosmos neaniais sofia, doxa de presbuterōn poliai. )

BrTr Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey hairs are the glory of old men.

ULT The splendor of young men is their strength
⇔ and the adornment of old ones is gray hair.

UST People admire young men because they are strong,
⇔ but people admire old men because they are wise.

BSB ⇔ The glory of young men is their strength,
⇔ and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

OEB The glory of youth is its strength,
⇔ but grey hair is the beauty of age.

WEBBE The glory of young men is their strength.
⇔ The splendour of old men is their grey hair.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The glory of young men is their strength,
⇔ and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

LSV The beauty of young men is their strength,
And the honor of old men is grey hairs.

FBV Young men value their strength, but the old value even more the wisdom that comes with gray hair.

T4T ⇔ We honor/admire young people because they are strong,
⇔ but we respect [MTY] old people more because they are wise.

LEB • is their strength,[fn] but the beauty of the aged is gray hair.

20:? Or “strengthens them”

BBE The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

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JPS The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

ASV The glory of young men is their strength;
⇔ And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

DRA The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.

YLT The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

Drby The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

RV The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

Wbstr The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

KJB-1769 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

KJB-1611 [fn]The glory of yong men is their strength: and the beautie of old men is the gray head.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

20:29 Chap.16. 31.

Bshps The strength of young men is their worship, and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged.
(The strength of young men is their worship, and a gray head is an honour unto the aged.)

Gnva The beautie of yong men is their strength, and the glory of the aged is the gray head.
(The beauty of young men is their strength, and the glory of the aged is the gray head. )

Cvdl The strength of yonge men is their worshipe, & a gray heade, is an honor vnto ye aged.
(The strength of young men is their worshipe, and a gray heade, is an honor unto ye/you_all aged.)

Wycl The ful out ioiyng of yonge men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornesse.
(The full out ioiyng of young men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornesse.)

Luth Der Jünglinge Stärke ist ihr Preis; und grau Haar ist der Alten Schmuck.
(The Yünglinge Stärke is you/their/her Preis; and grau Haar is the/of_the Alten Schmuck.)

ClVg Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities.
(Exsultatio yuvenum fortitudo their, and dignitas senum canities. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת & כֹּחָ֑⁠ם

glory & strength,their

See how you translated the abstract nouns splendor in 4:9 and strength in 5:10.

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וַ⁠הֲדַ֖ר זְקֵנִ֣ים שֵׂיבָֽה

and,beauty old gray_hair

The idea of this clause is in contrast with the idea of the previous clause. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate a contrast. You may need to start a new sentence. Alternate translation: “However, the adornment of old ones is gray hair”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וַ⁠הֲדַ֖ר

and,beauty

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of adornment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “and what adorns”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שֵׂיבָֽה

gray_hair

Here, gray hair refers to the wisdom or experience often found in people have who have lived long enough to have gray hair. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is their wisdom”

Parallel PRO 20:29