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Proverbs 9:11

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

KJV

Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitæ.

Vulgate

τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ τρόπῳ πολὺν ζήσεις χρόνον, καὶ προστεθήσεταί σοι ἔτη ζωῆς σου.

LXX

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

ASV

כִּי בִ֭/י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑י/ךָ וְ/יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝/ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
  • 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.
  • Deut 11:21 — That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
  • Eccl 7:12 — For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
  • Job 5:26 — Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
  • Prov 1:33 — But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
  • 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 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Prov 12:28 — In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.