Proverbs 10:27
ContextNETBible | Fearing the Lord 1 prolongs life, 2 but the life span 3 of the wicked will be shortened. 4 |
XREF | Job 15:32,33; Job 22:15,16; Ps 21:4; Ps 34:11-13; Ps 55:23; Ps 91:16; Pr 3:2,16; Pr 9:11; Ec 7:17; Jer 17:11; Lu 12:20 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the fear of the 2 tn Heb “days” (so KJV, ASV). 3 tn Heb “years.” The term “years” functions as a synecdoche of part (= years) for the whole (= lifespan). 4 sn This general saying has to be qualified with the problem of the righteous suffering and dying young, a problem that perplexed the sages of the entire ancient world. But this is the general principle: The righteous live longer because their life is the natural one and because God blesses them. |