Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, enabling anyone to escape the snares of death.
New American Standard Bible
That one may avoid the snares of death.
King James Version
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Holman Bible
turning people away from the snares of death.
A Conservative Version
The fear of LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
American Standard Version
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
Amplified
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that leads to obedience and worship] is a fountain of life,
So that one may avoid the snares of death.
Bible in Basic English
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
Darby Translation
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Julia Smith Translation
The fear of Jehovah a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
King James 2000
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The fear of Yahweh [is] a fountain of life, [in order] to turn from the snares of death.
Modern King James verseion
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life to turn aside from the snares of death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The fear of the LORD is a well of life; to avoid the snares of death.
NET Bible
The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.
New Heart English Bible
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
The Emphasized Bible
The reverence of Yahweh, is a well-spring of life, that a man may avoid the snares of death.
Webster
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
World English Bible
The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
Youngs Literal Translation
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
Themes
Godly Fear » Described as » A fountain of life
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of Godly fear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
26 Rock-solid security is found in the fear of the LORD, and within it one's children find refuge. 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, enabling anyone to escape the snares of death. 28 A large population is a king's glory, but a shortage of people is a ruler's ruin.
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Cross References
Proverbs 13:14
What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid the snares of death.
Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
Proverbs 2:10-18
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse person, but whoever is cautious stays far away from them.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I discovered for myself a bitterness that surpasses that of death: the woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, whose hands are chains of bondage. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the transgressor will be trapped by her.
Isaiah 33:6
He will be a sure foundation for your times, abundance and salvation, wisdom and knowledge the fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure."
Revelation 21:6
Then he told me, "It has happened! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give a drink from the spring of the water of life to the one who is thirsty.