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Proverbs 18:22

NETBible	The one who finds¹ a wife finds what is enjoyable,² and receives a pleasurable gift³ from the Lord.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 18:22	He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favour from the LORD.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:22	He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the LORD.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 18:22	The man who finds a wife finds a treasure and receives favor from the LORD.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 18:22	Find a good spouse, you find a good life--and even more: the favor of GOD!
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 18:22	Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 18:22	He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the LORD.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 18:22	He who finds a wife finds a good thing , And obtains favor from the LORD.
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KJV	[Whoso] findeth <04672> (8804) a wife <0802> findeth <04672> (8804) a good <02896> [thing], and obtaineth <06329> (8686) favour <07522> of the LORD <03068>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:22	He who finds <04672> a wife <0802> finds <04672> a good <02896> thing <02896> And obtains <06329> favor <07522> from the LORD <03068> .
LXXM	ov <3739> R-NSM euren <2147> V-AAI-3S gunaika <1135> N-ASF agayhn <18> A-ASF euren <2147> V-AAI-3S caritav <5485> N-APF elaben <2983> V-AAI-3S de <1161> PRT para <3844> PREP yeou <2316> N-GSM ilarothta <2432> N-ASF (18:22a) ov <3739> R-NSM ekballei <1544> V-PAI-3S gunaika <1135> N-ASF agayhn <18> A-ASF ekballei <1544> V-PAI-3S ta <3588> T-APN agaya <18> A-APN o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT katecwn <2722> V-PAPNS moicalida <3428> N-ASF afrwn <878> A-NSM kai <2532> CONJ asebhv <765> A-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	The one who finds <04672> a wife <0802> finds <04672> what is enjoyable <02896> , and receives <06329> a pleasurable <07522> gift from the Lord <03068> .
HEBREW	hwhym <03068> Nwur <07522> qpyw <06329> bwj <02896> aum <04672> hsa <0802> aum (18:22) <04672>

NETBible

The one who finds¹ a wife finds what is enjoyable,² and receives a pleasurable gift³ from the Lord.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn The verb מָצָא (matsa’, translated “finds”) is used twice in the first colon. It is paralleled by the verb פּוּק (puq, translated “receives”) in the second colon, which carries the same nuance as the preceding verbs. The first perfect tense verb might function in a hypothetical or conditional sense: “If a man finds…then he finds.” But taken as a principle the nuances of the verbs would be gnomic or characteristic.

²tn Heb “good.” The term טוֹב (tov, “good; enjoyable; fortune”) might be an allusion to Gen 2:18, which affirms that it is not good for man to be alone. The word describes that which is pleasing to God, beneficial for life, and abundantly enjoyable.

³tn Heb “what is pleasant.” The noun רָצוֹן (ratson, “what is pleasing”) is often interpreted in a religious-theological sense here: “receives favor from the Lord” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV). However, this term is probably referring to the pleasure that a person enjoys in marriage, so it should be understood in a nonreligious, marital sense: “pleasure” (e.g., Esth 1:8; HALOT 1282 s.v. 1); cf. CEV “she is a gift from the Lord.”

³sn The parallelism is formal; the second line of the verse continues the first but explains it further: Finding a spouse, one receives a pleasurable gift from God.

⁴tc The LXX adds this embellishment to complete the thought: “Whoever puts away a good wife puts away good, and whoever keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.”