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Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

KJV

sanitas quippe erit umbilico tuo, et irrigatio ossium tuorum.

Vulgate

τότε ἴασις ἔσται τῷ σώματί σου, καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς ὀστέοις σου.

LXX

It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

ASV

רִ֭פְאוּת תְּהִ֣י לְ/שָׁרֶּ֑/ךָ וְ֝/שִׁקּ֗וּי לְ/עַצְמוֹתֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 126×
י
y
noun · 2×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךְ
k
pronoun · 2×
רִ֭פְאוּת
rp'vt
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 16:4 — And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
  • Isa 1:6 — From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
  • Isa 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
  • Isa 66:14 — And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
  • Jer 30:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
  • Job 21:24 — His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
  • Job 21:24 — His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
  • Prov 4:22 — For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
  • Prov 4:22 — For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
  • Prov 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
  • Prov 15:30 — The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
  • Prov 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Ps 147:3 — He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.