Proverbs 10:27
Strong's Lexicon
The fear
יִרְאַ֣ת (yir·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3374: 1) fear, terror, fearing 1a) fear, terror 1b) awesome or terrifying thing (object causing fear) 1c) fear (of God), respect, reverence, piety 1d) revered

of the LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

prolongs
תּוֹסִ֣יף (tō·w·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: 1) to add, increase, do again 1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to join, join oneself to 1b2) to be joined, be added to 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to add, increase 1c2) to do more, do again

life,
יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

but the years
וּשְׁנ֖וֹת (ū·šə·nō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

of the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

will be shortened.
תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה׃ (tiq·ṣō·rə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7114: 1) to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved 1a) (Qal) to be short 1b) (Piel) to shorten 1c) (Hiphil) to shorten 2) to reap, harvest 2a) (Qal) to reap, harvest 2b) (Hiphil) to reap, harvest

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

Young's Literal Translation
The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

New American Standard Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.

King James Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

New Living Translation
Fear of the LORD lengthens one's life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

English Standard Version
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.

New American Standard Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, But the years of the wicked will be shortened.

King James Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

International Standard Version
Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the wicked will not live long.

NET Bible
Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.

American Standard Version
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

English Revised Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Young's Literal Translation
The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 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.

Job 15:32
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

Job 15:33
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Psalm 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.

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

Proverbs 9:11
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
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