Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
KJV
Corona senum filii filiorum, et gloria filiorum patres eorum.
Vulgate
στέφανος γερόντων τέκνα τέκνων, καύχημα δὲ τέκνων πατέρες αὐτῶν. [1] τοῦ πιστοῦ ὅλος ὁ κόσμος τῶν χρημάτων, τοῦ δὲ ἀπίστου οὐδὲ ὀβολός.
LXX
Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
ASV
עֲטֶ֣רֶת זְ֭קֵנִים בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְ/תִפְאֶ֖רֶת בָּנִ֣ים אֲבוֹתָֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
עֲטֶ֣רֶת
'trt
noun · 23×
תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת
tp'rt
noun · 51×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2219Filial respect promotes harmony in all of family life; it also concerns relationships between brothers and sisters. Respect toward parents fills the home with light and warmth. "Grandchildren are the crown of the aged."26 "With all humility and meekness, with patience, [support] one another in charity."27
Was the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, sanctified before her birth from the womb? Was she sanctified before animation? Was the fomes of sin entirely taken away from her in virtue of this sanctification? Was the result of this sanctification that she never sinned? In virtue of this sanctification, did she receive the fulness of grace? Was it proper to her to be thus sanctified? …
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 11:12 — Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
- 1Kgs 15:4 — Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
- 1Thess 2:19 — For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
- Exod 3:14 — And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
- Gen 50:23 — And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
- Isa 49:18 — Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bin
- Job 42:16 — After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- Prov 13:22 — A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
- Prov 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
- Prov 16:31 — The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
- Ps 107:41 — Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
- Ps 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Ps 127:4 — As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
- Ps 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Ps 128:6 — Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.