Proverbs 20:29

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

biblegateway Pro 20:29

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

biblegateway Pro 20:29

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

biblegateway Pro 20:29

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

biblegateway Pro 20:29

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

SABDAweb Pro 20:29

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

bibleoremus Pro 20:29

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

biblegateway Pro 20:29

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

biblegateway Pro 20:29

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

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.