Proverbs 20:29
WEB
The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
BSB
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
KJV
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H8597
n-f — ornament
Derivation: or תִּפְאֶרֶת; from 6286;
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
KJV: beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.
n.f — beauty
תִּפְאָרָה n.f. beauty, glory
H970
n-m — selected, youth
Derivation: or בָּחֻר; participle passive of 977;
properly, selected, i.e. a youth (often collective)
KJV: (choice) young (man), chosen, × hole.
H3581
n-m — vigor, large lizard
Derivation: or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm;
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
n.[m.] — chameleon
כֹּחַ n.[m.] a small reptile, prob. a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Lv 11:30; chameleon
n.m — strength
כֹּחַ and כּוֹחַ n.m. strength, power
H1926
n-m — magnificence
Derivation: from 1921;
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
KJV: beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
n.m — ornament
הָדָר n.m. ornament, splendour, honour (chiefly poet.)
H2205
a — old
Derivation: from 2204;
old
KJV: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
adj — old
זָקֵן adj. old
1. old, of human beings
2. usu. as subst.
a. old man (or woman)
b. elder
H7872
n-f — old age
Derivation: feminine of 7869;
old age
KJV: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
n.f — hoary head
שֵׂיבָה n.f. hoary head, old age
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Verse 29
Proverbs 20:29
This shows that both young and old have their advantages, and therefore must each of them be, according to their capacities, serviceable to the public, and neither of them despise nor envy the other. 1. Let not old people despise the young, for they are strong and fit for action, able to go through business and break through difficulties, which the aged and weak cannot grapple with. The glory of young men is their strength, provided they use it well (in the service of God and their country, not of their lusts), and that they be not proud of it nor trust to it. 2. Let not young people despise the old, for they are grave, and fit for counsel, and, though they have not the strength that young men have, yet they have more wisdom and experience. Juniores ad labores, seniores ad honores - Labour is for the young, honour for the aged. God has put honour upon the old man; for his gray head is his beauty. See Dan 7:9.
Cross-references: Dan 7:9