11 translations · Hebrew
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
Proverbs 8:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
- KJV King James Version
- I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- I love those loving me, || And those seeking me earnestly find me.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I love those who love me, and those who really look for me will find me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
- DBY Darby Translation
- I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲ֭נִי | ’ă·nî | I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| אֹהֲבֶיהָ | ʾō·hă·ḇɛ·hå̄ | love | H157 אָהֵב to love: lover |
| אֵהָ֑ב | ’ê·hāḇ | those who love me | H157 אָהֵב to love: lover |
| וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י | ū·mə·ša·ḥă·ray | and those who seek me early | H7836 שָׁחַר to seek |
| יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃ | yim·ṣā·’un·nî | shall find me | H4672 מָצָא to find |
Related verses
- John 14:23
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- John 14:21
One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
- Psalm 91:14
“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
- Isaiah 55:6
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
- 1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
- 1 Samuel 2:30
“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
- Matthew 7:7–8
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
- Matthew 6:33
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
- James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 By me princes rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
18 With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; my yield than choice silver.
Read all of Proverbs 8 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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