Proverbs 16:31
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New International Version (©1984)
Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Silver hair is a beautiful crown found in a righteous life.

King James Bible
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

American King James Version
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

American Standard Version
The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Bible in Basic English
The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Darby Bible Translation
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

English Revised Version
The hoary head is a crown of glory, it shall be found in the way of righteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

World English Bible
Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation
A crown of beauty are grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

Geneva Study Bible

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of {o} righteousness.

(o) That is, when it is joined with virtue, or else the older that the wicked are, the more they are to be abhorred.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

31. (Compare Pr 20:29).

if-or, which may be supplied properly, or without it the sense is as in Pr 3:16; 4:10, that piety is blessed with long life.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:27,28. Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character! 29,30. Some do all the mischief they can by force and violence, and are blind to the result. 31. Old people especially should be found in the way of religion and godliness. 32. To overcome our own passions, requires more steady management, than obtaining victory over an enemy. 33. All the disposal of Providence concerning our affairs, we must look upon to be the determining what we referred to God; and we must be reconciled to them accordingly. Blessed are those that give themselves up to the will of God; for he knows what is good for them.


Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 3:2 For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair. (NASB ©1995)

Attained Beauty Crown Found Gained Glory Gray Grey Hair Hairs Head Hoary Life Righteous Righteousness Splendor Way


The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

hoary 20:29 Le 19:32 Job 32:6,7

if Ge 47:7-10 1Sa 12:2-5 1Ch 29:10 Ec 4:13 Lu 1:6 Lu 2:29,37,38 Phm 1:9

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