16A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.


In Context

13 He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.

14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

15 The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

17 He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbor comes and searches him.

18 The lot causes contentions to cease, and parts between the mighty.

Proverbs 18:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:16A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of the great.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:16A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:16A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.