Proverbs 10 · Verse 27

Proverbs 10:27

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Proverbs 10:27, King James Version

Proverbs 10:27 in other translations

BSBThe fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
WEBThe fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
ASVThe fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
YLTThe fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
DARBYThe fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
BBEThe fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
WebsterThe fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

What does Proverbs 10:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. (Compare Pr 9:11; Psa 55:23).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 10:27-28
What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 10:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִרְאַ֣תyir.'At[the] fear ofH3374
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
תּוֹסִ֣יףto.Sifit addsH3254
יָמִ֑יםya.MimdaysH3117
וּשְׁנ֖וֹתu.she.Notand [the] years ofH8141
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה\׃tik.Tzo.re.nahthey will be shortH7114

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 10:27

  • Proverbs 9:11

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

  • Proverbs 3:2

    For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

  • Psalms 91:16

    With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

  • Job 15:32-33

    It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

  • Job 22:15-16

    Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

  • Psalms 34:11-13

    Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Psalms 21:4

    He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:17

    Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

  • Proverbs 3:16

    Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

  • Psalms 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.

  • 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?

  • Jeremiah 17:11

    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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
fear.
3:2,16; 9:11; Ps 21:4; 34:11-13; 91:16
prolongeth. Heb. addeth. the years.
Job 15:32,33; 22:15,16; Ps 55:23; Ec 7:17; Jer 17:11; Lu 12:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 10:26

    As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Proverbs 10:27

    The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  • Proverbs 10:28

    The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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Proverbs 10:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El temor de Jehová aumentará los días: mas los años de los impíos serán acortados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La crainte de l’ Éternel ajoute des jours, mais les années des méchants seront raccourcies.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Furcht Jehovas mehrt die Tage, aber die Jahre der Gesetzlosen werden verkürzt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Timor Domini apponet dies, et anni impiorum breviabuntur.