Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Der Ruhm der Jungen ist ihre Kraft, die Zier der Alten ihr graues Haar
English translation:
The glory of young men is their strength, grey hair the splendor of the old.
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Alison Jenner
Feb 7, 2006 13:47
18 yrs ago
German term
Der Ruhm der Jungen ist ihre Kraft, die Zier der Alten ihr graues Haar
German to English
Social Sciences
Religion
Salomon
A very commonly used saying in bithday speeches (and that is what I need it for), can somebody help me to find the original translation in English bibles?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | The glory of young men is their strength, |
Alison Jenner
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| 5 | "The glory of young men is their strength, grey hair the splendor of the old." |
Nicola Bigwood
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Change log
Feb 7, 2006 15:43: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "\"Der Ruhm der Jungen ist ihre Kraft, die Zier der Alten ihr graues Haar\"" to "Der Ruhm der Jungen ist ihre Kraft, die Zier der Alten ihr graues Haar" , "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Social Sciences"
Proposed translations
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Alison Jenner
Switzerland
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Switzerland
Financial and life science translation
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
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The glory of young men is their strength,
The glory of young men is their strength,
gray hair the splendor of the old.
Proverbs20/29
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&chapter=20&v...
There will be some variation depending on the edition of the bible though
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-02-07 13:57:09 GMT)
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Glad all that RE at school didn't go to waste :-)
gray hair the splendor of the old.
Proverbs20/29
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&chapter=20&v...
There will be some variation depending on the edition of the bible though
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-02-07 13:57:09 GMT)
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Glad all that RE at school didn't go to waste :-)
Peer comment(s):
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Terence Ajbro
: Proverbs all right
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thanks Terence
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Rachel Ward
: Gah! Pipped to the post!
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Thanks Rachel - great minds... :-)
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Rebecca Garber
28 mins
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thanks Rebecca
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Ken Cox
: of course, if the person in question is female the quotation might be adapted somewhat...
52 mins
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thanks Kenneth.
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Armorel Young
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thanks Armorel
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank's a lot, Svenja"
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Nicola Bigwood
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Fiction & non-fiction FR/DE>EN
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English, English
"The glory of young men is their strength, grey hair the splendor of the old."
This is from Proverbs 20:29
(The spelling of grey is UK, but gray for US, depending on which you need).
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-02-07 14:05:39 GMT)
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(Alison Jenner's posting wasn't there when I started replying! Sorry! :o))
(The spelling of grey is UK, but gray for US, depending on which you need).
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-02-07 14:05:39 GMT)
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(Alison Jenner's posting wasn't there when I started replying! Sorry! :o))
Reference:
http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=Proverbs+20&book_id=9&version1=31
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