Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleYour maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. Young's Literal Translation Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights. King James Bible Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. Hebrew Your maximsזִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם (ziḵ·rō·nê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 2146: Memorial, remembrance are proverbs מִשְׁלֵי־ (miš·lê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4911: To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble of ashes; אֵ֑פֶר (’ê·p̄er) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 665: Ashes your defenses לְגַבֵּי־ (lə·ḡab·bê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1354: The back, the top, rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks are defenses גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ (gab·bê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1354: The back, the top, rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks of clay. חֹ֝֗מֶר (ḥō·mer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure |