American Standard Version
Proverbs 3:8
8It will be health to thy navel,And marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
- New International Version (NIV)This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.
Context of Proverbs 3:8
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. 7Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones. 9Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:8 word by word
רִ֭פְאוּת תְּהִ֣י לְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:8
- Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.
- Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
- Jeremiah 30:12For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.
- Ezekiel 16:4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
- Job 21:24His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8It shall be health to thy navel - We need not puzzle ourselves to find out what we may suppose to be a more delicate meaning for the original word שר shor than navel; for I am satisfied a more proper cannot be found. It is well known that it is by the umbilical cord that the fetus receives its nourishment all the time it is in the womb of the mother. It receives nothing by the mouth, nor by any other means: by this alone all nourishment is received, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Navel - The central region of the body is taken as the representative of all the vital organs. For “health” we should read healing, or, as in the marg. There is probably a reference to the local applications used by the surgery of the period as means of healing.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul, but to the health of the body. Worldly wealth is but poor substance, yet, such as it is, we must honour God with it; and those that do good with what they have, shall have more to do more good with. Should the Lord visit us with trials and sickness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Healing and strength mean enjoying physical energy as God's reward for following the path of wisdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. It--This conduct. health--(Compare Margin). to thy navel--for all the organs of nourishment. marrow--(Compare Margin). bones--frame of body. True piety promotes bodily health.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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