Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Proverbs 3:18 in other translations
| BSB | She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed. |
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| WEB | She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. |
| ASV | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. |
| YLT | A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy. |
| DARBY | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her. |
| BBE | She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her. |
| Webster | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. |
What does Proverbs 3:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:13-20
No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find…
Proverbs 3:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 3:18
- Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
- Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
- Revelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
- Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
- Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Revelation 22:2
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- Proverbs 3:19
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Proverbs 3:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ella es árbol de vida á los que de ella asen: y bienaventurados son los que la mantienen. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Elle est un arbre de vie pour ceux qui la saisissent; et qui la tient ferme est rendu bienheureux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Baum des Lebens ist sie denen, die sie ergreifen, und wer sie festhält, ist glückselig. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Lignum vitæ est his qui apprehenderint eam, et qui tenuerit eam beatus. |