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Proverbs 20:29

NETBible	The glory¹ of young men is their strength, and the splendor² of old men is gray hair.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 20:29	The glory of young men is their strength, grey hair the splendour of the old.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:29	The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 20:29	The glory of the young is their strength; the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 20:29	Youth may be admired for vigor, but gray hair gives prestige to old age.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 20:29	The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 20:29	The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 20:29	The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
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KJV	The glory <08597> of young men <0970> [is] their strength <03581>_: and the beauty <01926> of old men <02205> [is] the gray head <07872>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:29	The glory <08597> of young <0970> men <0970> is their strength <03581> , And the honor <01926> of old <02205> men <02205> is their gray <07872> hair <07872> .
LXXM	kosmov <2889> N-NSM neaniaiv <3494> N-DPM sofia <4678> N-NSF doxa <1391> N-NSF de <1161> PRT presbuterwn <4245> N-GPM poliai {N-NPF}
NET [draft] ITL	The glory <08597> of young men <0970> is their strength <03581> , and the splendor <01926> of old men <02205> is gray hair <07872> .
HEBREW	hbyv <07872> Mynqz <02205> rdhw <01926> Mxk <03581> Myrwxb <0970> trapt (20:29) <08597>

NETBible

The glory¹ of young men is their strength, and the splendor² of old men is gray hair.³

NET Notes

¹tn 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).

²tn 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.

³sn “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.