Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. New Living Translation Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation. English Standard Version So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Berean Standard Bible Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. King James Bible So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. New King James Version And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. New American Standard Bible So you will find favor and a good reputation In the sight of God and man. NASB 1995 So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. NASB 1977 So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. Legacy Standard Bible So you will find favor and good insight In the eyes of God and man. Amplified Bible So find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. Christian Standard Bible Then you will find favor and high regard with God and people. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. American Standard Version So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man. Aramaic Bible in Plain English That you may find mercies and grace and intelligence in the presence of God and in the presence of the children of men. Brenton Septuagint Translation so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men. Contemporary English Version God and people will like you and hold you in high esteem. Douay-Rheims Bible And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men. English Revised Version So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then you will find favor and much success in the sight of God and humanity. Good News Translation If you do this, both God and people will be pleased with you. International Standard Version and find favor and a good reputation with God and men. JPS Tanakh 1917 So shalt thou find grace and good favour In the sight of God and man. Literal Standard Version And find grace and good understanding | In the eyes of God and man. Majority Standard Bible Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. New American Bible Then will you win favor and esteem before God and human beings. NET Bible Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people. New Revised Standard Version So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people. New Heart English Bible So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Webster's Bible Translation So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. World English Bible So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Young's Literal Translation And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Trust in the LORD…3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;… Cross References Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. 2 Corinthians 8:21 For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men. 1 Samuel 2:26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man. Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever! Proverbs 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD. Proverbs 12:2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil. Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult. Treasury of Scripture So shall you find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. shalt Genesis 39:2-4,21 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian… 1 Samuel 2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. good understanding Joshua 1:7,8 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest… Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. Jump to Previous Eyes Favor Favour Find Good Grace Repute Sight Understanding WinJump to Next Eyes Favor Favour Find Good Grace Repute Sight Understanding WinProverbs 3 1. various exhortations13. The gain of wisdom 27. Exhortation to goodness 33. the different state of the wicked and upright (4) Favour and good understanding.--Particularly noted as distinguishing the childhood of our Lord (Luke 2:52).Verse 4. - So shalt thou find (vum'lsa); literally, and find. A peculiar use of the imperative, the imperative kal (m'tsa) with vau consecutive (וִ) being equivalent to the future, "thou shalt find," as in the Authorized Version. This construction, where two imperatives are joined, the former containing an exhortation or admonition, the second a promise made on the condition implied in the first, and the second imperative being used as a future, occurs again in Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 7:2, "Keep my commandments, and live;" 9:6, "Forsake the foolish, and live;" 20:13, "Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread" (cf. Genesis 42:18; Psalm 37:27; Job 22:21; Isaiah 36:16; Hosea 10:12; Amos 5:4-6; Gesenius, § 130, 2). Delitzsch calls this "an admonitory imperative;" Bottcher, "the desponsive imperative." Compare the Greek construction in Menander, Οϊδ ὅ Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then you will findוּמְצָא־ (ū·mə·ṣā-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present favor חֵ֖ן (ḥên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective and high regard וְשֵֽׂכֶל־ (wə·śê·ḵel-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7922: Intelligence, success in the sight בְּעֵינֵ֖י (bə·‘ê·nê) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain of God אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and man. וְאָדָֽם׃ (wə·’ā·ḏām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being Links Proverbs 3:4 NIVProverbs 3:4 NLT Proverbs 3:4 ESV Proverbs 3:4 NASB Proverbs 3:4 KJV Proverbs 3:4 BibleApps.com Proverbs 3:4 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 3:4 Chinese Bible Proverbs 3:4 French Bible Proverbs 3:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 3:4 So you will find favor and good (Prov. 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