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Proverbs 17:6

In Proverbs 17 of Proverbs.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

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עֲטֶ֣רֶתateretcrownעֲטָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “crown”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5850a crowncrown.זְ֭קֵנִיםzeqenimoldזָקֵןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “old”, the ordinary formH2205oldaged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […בָנִ֑יםvanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וְתִפְאֶ֖רֶתvetiferetand beautyתִּפְאָרָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8597ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.בָּנִ֣יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אֲבוֹתָֽםavotamfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sons' sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.

World English Bible

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents.

Darby Translation

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Douay-Rheims

Children’s children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. a The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Στέφανος γερόντων τέκνα τέκνων, καύχημα δὲ τέκνων πατέρες αὐτῶν· a τοῦ πιστοῦ ὅλος ὁ κόσμος τῶν χρημάτων, τοῦ δὲ ἀπίστου οὐδὲ ὀβολός.

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