Proverbs 1:9
Strong's Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י ׀ ()
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

they
הֵ֬ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

[are] a garland
לִוְיַ֤ת (liw·yaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3880: 1) wreath

of grace
חֵ֓ן (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2580: 1) favour, grace, charm 1a) favour, grace, elegance 1b) favour, acceptance

on your head,
לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ (lə·rō·še·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

and a pendant
וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים (wa·‘ă·nā·qîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6060: 1) necklace, neck-pendant 2) (TWOT) neck

around your neck.
לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·ḡar·gə·rō·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1621: 1) neck (always fig.)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

Young's Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for they will be a garland of grace on your head and a gold chain around your neck.

New American Standard Bible
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

King James Bible
For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

New Living Translation
What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck.

English Standard Version
for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

New American Standard Bible
Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

King James Bible
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for they will be a garland of grace on your head and a gold chain around your neck.

International Standard Version
They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck.

NET Bible
For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

American Standard Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

English Revised Version
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Young's Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath are they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
















Cross References
Genesis 41:42
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Psalm 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Proverbs 3:3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Proverbs 4:9
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Song of Solomon 4:9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

Ezekiel 16:11
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

Daniel 5:29
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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