11 translations · Hebrew
Proverbs 18:10
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- KJV King James Version
- The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- The Name of YHWH [is] a tower of strength, || The righteous runs into it, and is set on high.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord is a protective tower that good people can run to and be safe.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִגְדַּל־ | miḡ·dal- | tower | H4026 מִגְדָּל (Hananel) Tower |
| עֹ֭ז | ‘ōz | is a strong | H5797 עֹז strength |
| שֵׁ֣ם | šêm | The name | H8034 שֵׁם name |
| יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | of the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| בּֽוֹ־ | bōw- | to it | H9003 ב in/on/with |
| יָר֖וּץ | yā·rūṣ | run | H7323 רוּץ to run: run |
| צַדִּ֣יק | ṣad·dîq | the righteous | H6662 צַדִּיק righteous |
| וְנִשְׂגָּֽב׃ | wə·niś·gāḇ | and are safe | H7682 שָׂגַב to exalt |
Related verses
- 2 Samuel 22:3
God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
- Isaiah 26:4
Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
- Psalm 91:2
I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalm 144:2
my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
- Psalm 61:3–4
For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy. I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
- Psalm 27:1
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalm 18:2
Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
- Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
- Psalm 56:3–4
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
Read all of Proverbs 18 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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