Other translations
New Catholic Bible
A faithful friend is the elixir of life, and he who fears the Lord will find him.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Faithful friends are life-saving medicine; and those who fear the Lord will find them.
Good News Translation®
A loyal friend is like a medicine that keeps you in good health. Only those who fear the Lord can find such a friend.
Wycliffe Bible
A faithful friend is (the) medicine of life, and of undeadliness (or of immortality); and they that dread the Lord, shall find him.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A faithful friend is an elixir of life; and those who fear the Lord will find him.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Faithful friends are life-saving medicine, and those who fear the Lord will find them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Faithful friends are life-saving medicine; and those who fear the Lord will find them.
Common English Bible © 2011
Trustworthy friends are life’s medicine, and those who fear the Lord will find them.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Faithful friends are life-saving medicine; those who fear God will find them.
Revised Standard Version
A faithful friend is an elixir of life; and those who fear the Lord will find him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Faithful friends are life-saving medicine; and those who fear the Lord will find them.