Proverbs 3:18New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,—and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— She [is] a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: [and] happy [is] euery one that retaineth her.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; and blessed are those who wait for her.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her. |
She
x1931 (1931) Complementהוּאhuw'{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he ( she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are.
[ is] a tree
6086 {6086} Primeעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks).
of life
2416 {2416} Primeחַיchay{khah'-ee}
From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively.
to them that lay hold
2388 {2388} Primeחָזַקchazaq{khaw-zak'}
A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence to seize, be strong (figuratively courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.
z8688 <8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 857
upon her: and happy
833 {0833} Primeאָשַׁר'ashar{aw-shar'}
A primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively to go forward, be honest, prosper.
z8794 <8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 194
[ is every one] that retaineth
8551 {8551} Primeתָּמַךְtamak{taw-mak'}
A primitive root; to sustain; by implication to obtain, keep fast; figuratively to help, follow close.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
her. |
Proverbs 3:18
_ _ Wisdom allegorized as
_ _ a tree of life — (Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22) whose fruit preserves life, gives all that makes living a blessing. |
Proverbs 3:18
A tree — A pledge of everlasting life. He alludes to the tree of life, and intimates, that this is the only restorer of that life which we have lost by sin. |
Proverbs 3:18
She [is] a tree (i) of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
(i) Which brings forth such fruit that they who eat of it have life and he alludes to the tree of life in paradise. |
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous [ is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [ is] wise.
Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [ it is] a tree of life.
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.
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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