Proverbs 20:29

NETBible

The glory 1  of young men is their strength, and the splendor 2  of old men is gray hair. 3 

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair.

NLT ©

The glory of the young is their strength; the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.

MSG ©

Youth may be admired for vigor, but gray hair gives prestige to old age.

BBE ©

The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.

KJV
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NASB ©
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NET [draft] ITL
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NETBible

The glory 1  of young men is their strength, and the splendor 2  of old men is gray hair. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn The Hebrew term תִּפְאֶרֶת (tif’eret) means “beauty; glory”; in a context like this it means “honor” in the sense of glorying or boasting (BDB 802 s.v. 3.b).

2 tn The Hebrew term הֲדַר (hadar), the noun in construct, means “splendor; honor; ornament.” The latter sense is used here, since grey hair is like a crown on the head.

3 sn “Grey hair” is a metonymy of adjunct; it represents everything valuable about old age – dignity, wisdom, honor, experience, as well as worry and suffering of life. At the very least, since they survived, they must know something. At the most, they were the sages and elders of the people.