King James Version

Proverbs 4:8

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

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סַלְסְלֶ֥הָsalselehaexaltסָלַלverb, pilpel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “exalt”, a commandH5549to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּuteromemekaand highרוּםconjunction, verb, polel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and high”, an unfinished actionH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָtekhabedekhabe chargeableכָּבַדverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be chargeable”, an unfinished actionH3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in…כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּהtechabqenahembraceחָבַקverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “embrace”, an unfinished actionH2263to clasp (the hands or in embrace)embrace, fold.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Περιχαράκωσον αὐτὴν, καὶ ὑψώσει σε· τίμησον αὐτὴν, ἵνα σε περιλάβῃ·