Topic
Prolong
15 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 4:26ISBE
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 4:40ISBE
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
- Job 6:11ISBE
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
- Job 15:29ISBE
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
- Psalms 61:6ISBE
Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
- Proverbs 10:27ISBE
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
- Proverbs 28:16ISBE
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15ISBE
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13ISBE
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
- Isaiah 13:22ISBE
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
- Isaiah 53:10ISBE
¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Ezekiel 12:25ISBE
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
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- Ezekiel 12:28 ISBE
- Daniel 7:12 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 29:5 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 18 references
pro-long' ('arakh, mashakh): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of 'arakh, "to stretch," "to make long" (De 4:26, and frequently, "prolong days"; De 4:40, etc.; Job 6:11 the King James Version; Pr 28:16; Ec 7:15; 8:13; Isa 53:10); of mashakh, "to draw out" (Isa 13:22; Eze 12:25,28 the King James Version); of yacaph, "to add," "to increase" (Ps 61:6; Pr 10:27); of naTah, "to stretch out," "to incline to" (Job 15:29, "neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth," the American Standard Revised Version "neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth," margin "their produce bend to the earth"; the English Revised Version reverses text and margin); of 'arekhah (Aramaic) (Da 7:12, "Yet their lives were prolonged," the King James Version margin "A prolonging in life was given them"). "Prolong" occurs in Ecclesiasticus 29:5, "prolong the time" (parelkuo); 38:14, "prolong life," the Revised Version (British and American) "maintenance of life" (embiosis); 30:22, "prolongeth his days," the Revised Version (British and American) "length of days" (makroemereusis); 37:31, the Revised Version (British and American) "shall prolong" (prostithemi).
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.