God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 3:16
16Long life is in ⌞wisdom’s⌟ right hand. In ⌞wisdom’s⌟ left hand are riches and honor.
Proverbs 3:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- New International Version (NIV)Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
Context of Proverbs 3:16
14The profit ⌞gained⌟ from ⌞wisdom⌟ is greater than the profit ⌞gained⌟ from silver. Its yield is better than fine gold. 15⌞Wisdom⌟ is more precious than jewels, and all your desires cannot equal it. Long life is in ⌞wisdom’s⌟ right hand. In ⌞wisdom’s⌟ left hand are riches and honor. 17⌞Wisdom’s⌟ ways are pleasant ways, and all its paths lead to peace. 18⌞Wisdom⌟ is a tree of life for those who take firm hold of it. Those who cling to it are blessed.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:16 word by word
אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ עֹ֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:16
- Proverbs 3:2because they will bring you long life, good years, and peace.
- Proverbs 4:10My son, listen and accept my words, and they will multiply the years of your life.
- Psalms 21:4He asked you for life. You gave him a long life, forever and ever.
- Psalms 71:9Do not reject me when I am old or abandon me when I lose my strength.
- 1 Timothy 4:8Training the body helps a little, but godly living helps in every way. Godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come.
- Proverbs 4:6Do not abandon wisdom, and it will watch over you. Love wisdom, and it will protect you.
- Proverbs 8:18I have riches and honor, lasting wealth and righteousness.
- 1 Kings 3:13I’m also giving you what you haven’t asked for—riches and honor—so that no other king will be like you as long as you live.
- Mark 10:30will certainly receive a hundred times as much here in this life. They will certainly receive homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields, along with persecutions. But in the world to come they will receive eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21So don’t brag about people. Everything belongs to you.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10People think we are sad although we’re always glad, that we’re beggars although we make many people spiritually rich, that we have nothing although we possess everything.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Length of days is in her right hand - A wicked man shortens his days by excesses; a righteous man prolongs his by temperance. In her left hand riches and honor - That is, her hands are full of the choicest benefits. There is nothing to be understood here by the right hand in preference to the left.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find all our ways pleasantness…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. Wisdom personified as bringing the best blessings (compare Mt 6:33; 1Ti 4:8).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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