Proverbs 10:27
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
קָצַר
qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →קָצַר qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Study H7114 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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