Proverbs 10:27

In 11 translations

BSB

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

KJV

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.prolongeth: Heb. addeth

WEB

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

ASV

The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

LSV

The fear of YHWH adds days, || And the years of the wicked are shortened.

YLT

The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.

DBY

The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

DRC

The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

GNV

The feare of the Lord increaseth the dayes: but the yeeres of the wicked shalbe diminished.

JPS

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

LXXE

The fear of the Lord adds length of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.

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WLC

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה תּוֹסִ֣יף יָמִ֑ים וּשְׁנ֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה׃

LXX-Br

Φόβος Κυρίου προστίθησιν ἡμέρας, ἔτη δὲ ἀσεβῶν ὀλιγωθήσεται.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 9:11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
• Proverbs 3:2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
• Psalms 91:16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
• Job 15:32–33It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
• Psalms 34:11–13Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
• Psalms 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
• Job 22:15–16Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
• Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
• Proverbs 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

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