Proverbs 20:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray 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

It leaves a shining wake behind it; one would think the deep to be white-haired.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Proverbs 20:30

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

1 John 2:14

I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.