Proverbs 8:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י מֹ֭צְאִי *מצאי **מָצָ֣א חַיִּ֑ים וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

For mōṣᵊʾî māṣāʾ ḥayyîm, and-yāpeq rāṣôn from-YHWH

Grammar Details

*mōṣᵊʾî*: qal participle masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - one who finds me
*māṣāʾ*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he finds/has found
*ḥayyîm*: masculine plural noun - life
*yāpeq*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he obtains/gets
*rāṣôn*: masculine singular noun - favor/acceptance
*YHWH*: proper name - LORD

Word Meanings

*mōṣᵊʾî*: one who finds me/my finder
*māṣāʾ*: he finds/has found/obtains
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/vitality
*yāpeq*: he obtains/gets/receives
*rāṣôn*: favor/acceptance/goodwill/pleasure

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Col 3:3 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
Prov 1:33 : 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.
Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, {G1722} which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

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