Proverbs 10:27
in Proverbs 10The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
KJV
The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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This verse in Proverbs 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe fear of the Lord prolongeth days,.... Not beyond the time fixed in the unalterable purposes and decrees of God, Job 14:5; but longer than some others, or than those that fear the Lord expect to live; or longer than, according to the course of nature, and the weakness of their constitutions, it could be thought they should live.
This site's exposition
Like vinegar to the teeth
on Proverbs 10:26-32
The closing set returns to the comparison: the slacker is “Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,” irritation in place of help. The couplets that follow, from “The righteous will never be shaken” to “a perverse tongue will be cut out,” gather the argument into one rhythm.
This site's exposition
The fear of the LORD prolongs life
The saying speaks of the ordinary course of life under God. John Gill adds that every life has a term God has set, and the fear of the LORD lengthens days within it. The wicked cut their own years short.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Fear of the Lord will prolong days, etc. Those who serve God faithfully will be gifted with eternal light; but those who are devoted to impiety lose the goods they loved along with this life.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יִרְאַ֣ת | yirat | [the] fear of | H3374 → | 45 times |
| יְ֭הוָה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| תּוֹסִ֣יף | tosif | it adds | H3254 → | 212 times |
| יָמִ֑ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וּשְׁנ֖וֹת | ushenot | and [the] years of | H8141 → | 877 times |
| רְשָׁעִ֣ים | reshaim | wicked [people] | H7563 → | 263 times |
| תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה׃ | tiktzorenah | they will be short | H7114 → |
יִרְאַ֣ת[the] fear of
yiratH3374 →45 times
יְ֭הוָהYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
תּוֹסִ֣יףit adds
tosifH3254 →212 times
יָמִ֑יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וּשְׁנ֖וֹתand [the] years of
ushenotH8141 →877 times
רְשָׁעִ֣יםwicked [people]
reshaimH7563 →263 times
תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה׃they will be short
tiktzorenahH7114 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 91:16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:2
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 21:4
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
- Psalms 50:23
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- Isaiah 65:20–22
No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails…
- Proverbs 3:2
Through
Proverbs 3:2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
it leads to
- Ephesians 6:1–3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Psalms 91:16
With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 4:10
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
- Ephesians 6:1–3
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.