Proverbs 20:29 - The Scriptures 2009

The comeliness of young men is their strength, And the splendour of old men is their grey hair.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The glory of young men is their strength: And the beauty of old men is the grey head.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head [suggesting wisdom and experience].

American Standard Version (1901)

The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

Common English Bible

Strength is the glory of young men; gray hair is the splendor of old age.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.

Proverbs 20:29 Cross References

Job 41:32

He leaves a shining path behind him. One would think the deep to be grey-haired.

Proverbs 16:31

Grey hair is a crown of adorning, It is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:30

The blows that wound cleanse away evil, And strokes the inner parts of the heart.

Leviticus 19:32

‘Rise up before the grey-headed. And you shall favour the face of an old man, and shall fear your Elohim. I am יהוה.

1 John 2:14

I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known Him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of Elohim stays in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.