Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
KJV
et erit vita animæ tuæ, et gratia faucibus tuis.
Vulgate
ἵνα ζήσῃ ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ χάρις ᾖ περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ. [1] ἔσται δὲ ἴασις ταῖς σαρξί σου, καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς σοῖς ὀστέοις·
LXX
So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
ASV
וְ/יִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְ/נַפְשֶׁ֑/ךָ וְ֝/חֵ֗ן לְ/גַרְגְּרֹתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
חֵ֖ן
chn
noun · 69×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
pronoun · 4×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- Isa 38:16 — O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
- John 12:49 — For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
- Prov 1:9 — For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
- Prov 1:9 — For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
- Prov 4:13 — Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
- Prov 4:22 — For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.