Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
New American Standard Bible
But the
King James Version
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Holman Bible
but the years of the wicked are cut short.
International Standard Version
Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the wicked will not live long.
A Conservative Version
The fear of LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
American Standard Version
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Amplified
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect] prolongs one’s life,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
Bible in Basic English
The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
Darby Translation
The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Julia Smith Translation
The fear of Jehovah will add days, and the years of the unjust shall be diminished.
King James 2000
The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The fear of Yahweh adds life, but the years of the wicked are shortened.
Modern King James verseion
The fear of Jehovah prolongs days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The fear of the LORD maketh a long life; but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
NET Bible
Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.
New Heart English Bible
The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The Emphasized Bible
The reverence of Yahweh, addeth days, but, the years of the lawless, shall be shortened.
Webster
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
World English Bible
The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
26 As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So is the slothful to those sending him. 27 The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened. 28 The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
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Cross References
Job 15:32-33
Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
Proverbs 3:2
For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
Proverbs 9:11
For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.
Psalm 55:23
And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!
Job 22:15-16
The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
Psalm 21:4
Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.
Psalm 34:11-13
Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.
Psalm 91:16
With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!
Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?
Jeremiah 17:11
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
Luke 12:20
And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?