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Proverbs 10:27

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

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יִרְאַ֣תyiratfearיִרְאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “fear”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3374fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence[idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).תּוֹסִ֣יףtosifaddיָסַףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “add”, an unfinished actionH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…יָמִ֑יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וּשְׁנ֖וֹתushenotand yearשָׁנֶהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.תִּקְצֹֽרְנָהtiqtsorenahmuch discouragedקָצַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “much discouraged”, an unfinished actionH7114to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)[idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The fear of Jehovah 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.

World English Bible

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Darby Translation

The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Douay-Rheims

The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The fear of the Lord adds length of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φόβος Κυρίου προστίθησιν ἡμέρας, ἔτη δὲ ἀσεβῶν ὀλιγωθήσεται.