Proverbs 1:9

The Enticement of Sin

8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. 9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

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Berean Standard Bible
For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
American Standard Version (1901)
For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Bible in Basic English
For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.
Douay-Rheims 1899
That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
Free Bible Version
They are a wreath of grace to decorate your head; they are pendants for your neck.
Geneva Bible 1599
For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.
King James (Authorized) Version
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
One Unity Resource Bible
for they will be a garland to chen ·grace· your head, and chains around your neck.
Translation for Translators
What we teach you will make you respected like having a lovely turban around your head and like a beautiful necklace to put around your neck.
Unlocked Literal Bible
they will be a graceful wreath for your head and pendants hanging from your neck.
Noah Webster Bible
For they shalt be an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.
World English Bible
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
Young's Literal Translation
For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.