Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
KJV
Timor Domini apponet dies, et anni impiorum breviabuntur.
Vulgate
φόβος Κυρίου προστίθησιν ἡμέρας, ἔτη δὲ ἀσεβῶν ὀλιγωθήσεται.
LXX
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
ASV
יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה תּוֹסִ֣יף יָמִ֑ים וּ/שְׁנ֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִרְאַ֣ת
yr't
noun · 42×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 11:9 — And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- Eccl 7:17 — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
- Eccl 7:17 — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
- Gen 6:7 — And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
- Job 5:26 — Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
- Job 15:32 — It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
- Job 22:15 — Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
- Luke 12:20 — 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?
- Prov 3:2 — For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- Prov 3:2 — For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- Prov 3:16 — Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- Prov 9:11 — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Prov 9:11 — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- Prov 19:23 — The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
- Ps 21:4 — He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
- Ps 34:11 — Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Ps 55:23 — 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.
- Ps 55:23 — 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.
- Ps 91:16 — With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.