Proverbs 4:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.

New Living Translation
If you prize wisdom, she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will honor you.

English Standard Version
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Berean Study Bible
Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

New American Standard Bible
“Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.

NASB 1995
"Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.

NASB 1977
“Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.

Amplified Bible
“Prize wisdom [and exalt her], and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.

Christian Standard Bible
Cherish her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Cherish her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Contemporary English Version
If you value Wisdom and hold tightly to her, great honors will be yours.

Good News Translation
Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will bring you honor.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Cherish wisdom. It will raise you up. It will bring you honor when you embrace it.

International Standard Version
Prize her and she will exalt you. Indeed, if you embrace her, she will honor you.

NET Bible
Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

New King James Version
Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you honor, when you embrace her.

King James 2000 Bible
Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her.

New Heart English Bible
Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

World English Bible
Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

American King James Version
Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her.

American Standard Version
Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

A Faithful Version
Exalt her, and she shall promote you; she shall bring you honor when you embrace her.

Darby Bible Translation
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.

English Revised Version
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Webster's Bible Translation
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Make moch of her, and she shal promote the: Yee yf thou embracest her, she shal brynge the vnto honoure.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Exalt her and she lifts you up, "" She honors you when you embrace her.

Young's Literal Translation
Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

Smith's Literal Translation
Lift her up and she shall exalt thee: she will honor thee when thou shalt embrace her.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Grasp her, and she will exalt you. You will be glorified by her, when you have embraced her.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Love her that she may exalt you and embrace her that she may honor you.

Lamsa Bible
Love her, and she shall exalt you; embrace her, and she shall honor you.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Extol her, and she will exalt thee; She will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
















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