Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. New Living Translation What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck. English Standard Version for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. Berean Standard Bible For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck. King James Bible For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. New King James Version For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck. New American Standard Bible For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck. NASB 1995 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck. NASB 1977 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head, And ornaments about your neck. Legacy Standard Bible For they are a garland of grace for your head And ornaments about your neck. Amplified Bible For they are a garland of grace on your head, And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck. Christian Standard Bible for they will be a garland of favor on your head and pendants around your neck. Holman Christian Standard Bible for they will be a garland of grace on your head and a gold chain around your neck. American Standard Version For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck. Contemporary English Version and wear their teachings as you would a pretty hat or a lovely necklace. English Revised Version For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. GOD'S WORD® Translation because discipline and teachings are a graceful garland on your head and a [golden] chain around your neck. Good News Translation Their teaching will improve your character as a handsome turban or a necklace improves your appearance. International Standard Version They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck. Majority Standard Bible For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck. NET Bible For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck. New Heart English Bible for they will be a garland to grace your head, and a necklace around your neck. Webster's Bible Translation For they shalt be an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck. World English Bible for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor they [are] a graceful wreath to your head, "" And chains to your neck. Young's Literal Translation For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck. Smith's Literal Translation For they a garland of grace to thy head, and necklaces for thy throat. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThat grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. Catholic Public Domain Version so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck. New American Bible A graceful diadem will they be for your head; a pendant for your neck. New Revised Standard Version for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor they shall be an ornament of grace for your head and a necklace about your neck. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For they are beauty to your head and a necklace for your neck. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Enticement of Sin8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. 9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck. 10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.… Cross References Proverbs 4:9 She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.” Proverbs 3:22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck. Song of Solomon 1:10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. Isaiah 61:3 to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. 1 Peter 5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. 2 Timothy 4:8 From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing. Revelation 2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Proverbs 6:20-21 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. / Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Exodus 28:36-38 You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD. / Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban. / And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD. Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck. Daniel 5:29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom. Treasury of Scripture For they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains about your neck. they Proverbs 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Proverbs 4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. Proverbs 6:20,21 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: … ornament Song of Solomon 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. Song of Solomon 4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. Isaiah 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, Jump to Previous Adorn Chain Chains Chaplet Crown Fair Garland Grace Graceful Head Indeed Neck Ornament Ornaments Pendants ts WreathJump to Next Adorn Chain Chains Chaplet Crown Fair Garland Grace Graceful Head Indeed Neck Ornament Ornaments Pendants ts WreathProverbs 1 1. The use of the proverbs7. An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word 10. to avoid the enticing of sinners 20. Wisdom complains of her contempt 24. She threatens her contemners For they are This phrase refers back to the teachings and instructions mentioned in the preceding verse. In the Hebrew context, "they" signifies the wisdom and guidance imparted by parents or mentors. The emphasis is on the value of these teachings, which are not merely rules but are life-giving principles meant to guide one's path. The use of "they" underscores the collective wisdom of generations, passed down as a precious inheritance. a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck Chains about thy neck.--The reward of Joseph (Genesis 41:42) and of Daniel (Daniel 5:29). Verse 9. - For they (shall be) an ornament of grace unto thy head. The sentiment here expressed is put forward as an inducement to youth to observe obedience towards the instruction of the father and the law of the mother, and the meaning is that, just as in popular opinion ornaments and jewels are supposed to set off the personal form, so obedience towards parents in the ways of virtue embellishes the moral character (Bayne, Cartwright, Holden). An ornament of grace; Hebrew, לִוְיַת הֵן (liv'yath khen); literally, a wreath or garland of grace. We meet with the same expression in Proverbs 4:9, "She [i.e. wisdom] shall give to thine head an ornament of grace." The Hebrew לִוְיה (liv'yah) is derived from the root לָוָה (lavah), "to wind a roll" (Delitzsch) or "to be joined closely with" (Gesenius), and hence signifies an ornament that is twisted, and so a wreath or garland. Gejerus and Schultens translate the phrase by corolla gratiosa, i.e. "a crown full of grace," and so meaning conferring or producing grace, just as the expression, "the chastisement of our peace" (Isaiah 53:5), means the chastisement bringing or procuring our peace. So again a "precious stone," in Proverbs 17:8, margin, "a stone of grace," is one conferring gracefulness. The marginal reading, "an adding" (additamentum, Vatablus), conveys, though obscurely, the same idea; and this sense is again reproduced in the Vulgate, ut addatur gratia capiti suo ("in order that grace may be added to thy head"). The LXX. reads, στέφανος χαρίτων. And chains about thy neck. Chains; properly, necklaces; עֲנָקִים (anakim), plural of עֲנָק (anak), "a cellar or necklace;" the κλοιός χρύσεος, or "golden collar," of the LXX., and torques (i.e. twisted neckchain) of the Vulgate. There is a very apposite parallel to this verse in Proverbs 6:20, 21 (cf. Proverbs 3:3; see also Judges 8:26). The gold chain round the neck was a mark of distinction, and was conferred on Joseph by Pharaoh when investing him with authority and dignity (Genesis 41:42), and on Daniel by Belshazzar in the same way (Daniel 5:29; see Song of Solomon 4:9). The mere adornment of the person with gold and pearls, without the further adornment of the moral character with Christian graces, is deprecated both by St. Paul and St. Peter (see 1 Timothy 2:9, 10, and 1 Peter 3:3, 4). Neck, גַּרְגְּרֹת (gar'g'roth) only occurs in the plural (Gesenius). (See Proverbs 3:3, 22; Proverbs 6:21.)Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י ׀ (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they הֵ֬ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They [are] a garland לִוְיַ֤ת (liw·yaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3880: Something attached, a wreath of grace חֵ֓ן (ḥên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective on your head, לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ (lə·rō·še·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head and a pendant וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים (wa·‘ă·nā·qîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6060: A necklace, neck pendant around your neck. לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·ḡar·gə·rō·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1621: The throat Links Proverbs 1:9 NIVProverbs 1:9 NLT Proverbs 1:9 ESV Proverbs 1:9 NASB Proverbs 1:9 KJV Proverbs 1:9 BibleApps.com Proverbs 1:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 1:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 1:9 French Bible Proverbs 1:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 1:9 For they will be a garland (Prov. 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