Proverbs 3:2
Context| NETBible | for they will provide 1 a long and full life, 2 and they will add well-being 3 to you. |
| XREF | Job 5:26; Ps 21:4; Ps 34:11-14; Ps 91:16; Ps 119:165; Ps 128:6; Pr 3:16; Pr 3:17; Pr 4:10; Pr 9:11; Isa 32:17; Isa 57:19-21; Ro 5:1; Ro 14:17; Ro 15:13; Eph 6:1-3; 1Ti 4:8 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The phrase “they will provide” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness. 2 tn Heb “length of days and years of life” (so NASB, NRSV). The idiom “length of days” refers to a prolonged life and “years of life” signifies a long time full of life, a life worth living (T. T. Perowne, Proverbs, 51). The term “life” refers to earthly felicity combined with spiritual blessedness (BDB 313 s.v. חַיִּים). 3 tn The noun שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) here means “welfare, health, prosperity” (BDB 1022 s.v. 3). It can be used of physical health and personal well-being. It is the experience of positive blessing and freedom from negative harm and catastrophe. |
