King James Version
Proverbs 8:21 in the King James Version says “That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.”
Proverbs 8:21 · KJV
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: lead: or, walk
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me to inherit”
H5157to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
“substance”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
“and I will fill”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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