Proverbs 8:35

What does Proverbs 8:35 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 8:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;

Context

v.34Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

v.35This passage

v.36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 3:13

    Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

  • Colossians 3:3

    For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

  • John 3:36

    He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:11

    And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • Philippians 3:8

    Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

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