Proverbs 3 · Verse 2

Proverbs 3:2

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Proverbs 3:2, King James Version

Proverbs 3:2 in other translations

BSBfor they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
WEBfor they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.
ASVFor length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.
YLTFor length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
DARBYfor length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.
BBEFor they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
WebsterFor length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

What does Proverbs 3:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. length ... life--often promised as blessings (Psa 21:4; 91:16). peace--includes prosperity (Psa 125:5). add--abound to thee.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 For length of days - Three eminent blessings are promised here: 1. ארך ימים orech yamim, long days; 2. שנות חיים shenoth chaiyim, years of lives; 3. שלום shalom, prosperity; i.e. health, long life, and abundance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:1-6

In the way of believing obedience to God's commandments health and peace may commonly be enjoyed; and though our days may not be long upon earth, we shall live for ever in heaven. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; God's mercy in promising, and his truth in performing: live up to them, keep up thine interest in them, and take the comfort of them. We must trust in the Lord with all our hearts, believing he is able…

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Proverbs 3:2 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.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
אֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekhlength ofH753
יָ֭מִיםYa.mimdaysH3117
וּשְׁנ֣וֹתu.she.Notand years ofH8141
חַיִּ֑יםchai.YimlifeH2416
וְ֝שָׁל֗וֹםve.sha.Lomand peaceH7965
יוֹסִ֥יפוּyo.Si.futhey will addH3254
לָֽךְ\׃Lakhto you

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

Cross references for Proverbs 3:2

  • Ephesians 6:1-3

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

  • Proverbs 4:10

    Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  • Psalms 91:16

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

  • Psalms 128:6

    Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

  • Romans 15:13

    Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

  • Proverbs 9:11

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

  • Psalms 21:4

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

  • Psalms 119:165

    Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

  • Proverbs 10:27

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

  • Job 5:26

    Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

  • Romans 5:1

    Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Psalms 34:11-14

    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. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
length.
16; 4:10; 9:11; Job 5:26; Ps 34:11-14; 91:16; 128:6; Eph 6:1-3
1Ti 4:8
long life. Heb. years of life.
Ps 21:4
and peace.
17; Ps 119:165; Isa 32:17; 57:19-21; Ro 5:1; 14:17; 15:13

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

Context

  • Proverbs 3:1

    My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • Proverbs 3:2

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

  • Proverbs 3:3

    Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

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Proverbs 3:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque largura de días, y años de vida y paz te aumentarán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car ils t’ajouteront un prolongement de jours, et des années de vie, et la paix.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Länge der Tage und Jahre des Lebens und Frieden werden sie dir mehren. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		longitudinem enim dierum, et annos vitæ, et pacem, apponent tibi.