Proverbs 20:29
Good News Translation
We admire the strength of youth and respect the gray hair of age.

New Revised Standard Version
The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.

Contemporary English Version
Young people take pride in their strength, but the gray hairs of wisdom are even more beautiful.

New American Bible
The glory of the young is their strength, and the dignity of the old is gray hair.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.

glory

Jeremiah 9:23,24 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches: . . .

1 John 2:14 I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

the beauty

Proverbs 16:31 Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Leviticus 19:32 Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
28Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. 29The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.30The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.…
Cross References
Proverbs 16:31
Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Proverbs 20:30
The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs 20:28
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