Proverbs 18:16
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Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.

New American Standard Bible
A man's gift makes room for him And brings him before great men.

King James Bible
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A gift opens doors for a man and brings him before the great.

International Standard Version
A person's gift opens doors for him, bringing him access to important people.

NET Bible
A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A man's gifts give him room and stand him before the great.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A gift opens doors for the one who gives it and brings him into the presence of great people.

King James 2000 Bible
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

American King James Version
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

American Standard Version
A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

Darby Bible Translation
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

English Revised Version
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Webster's Bible Translation
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

World English Bible
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Young's Literal Translation
The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.
Lexicon
A man's
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
gift
mattan  (mat-tawn')
a present -- gift, to give, reward.
maketh room
rachab  (raw-khab')
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative) -- be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
for him and bringeth
nachah  (naw-khaw')
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists) -- bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
him before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
great men
gadowl  (gaw-dole')
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
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