Proverbs 20:29 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

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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 maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

Proverbs 16:31

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

Proverbs 20:30

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

Leviticus 19:32

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

1 John 2:14

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.