King James Version
Proverbs 3:16
16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Proverbs 3:16 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.
Context of Proverbs 3:16
14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:16 word by word
אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ עֹ֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:16
- Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- Proverbs 4:10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
- Psalms 21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
- Psalms 71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
- Proverbs 8:18Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
- 1 Kings 3:13And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
- Mark 10:30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
- 2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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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