Proverbs 10:27 Parallel Translations
NASB: The fear of the LORD prolongs life, But the years of the wicked will be shortened. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: The fear of the LORD lengthens the number of days, but the years of wicked people are shortened.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
ASV: The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
BBE: The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
DBY: The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
ERV: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
JPS: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
WBS: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
WEB: The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
YLT: The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
Proverbs 10:27 Cross References
XREF:Job 15:32 "It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.

Job 15:33 "He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

Job 22:16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Proverbs 3:2 For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.

Proverbs 9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked {m} shall be shortened.
(m) The time of their prosperity will be short because of their great fall, though they seem to live long.
MHC: 10:22. That wealth which is truly desirable, has no vexation of spirit in the enjoyment; no grief for the loss; no guilt by the abuse of it. What comes from the love of God, has the grace of God for its companion. 23. Only foolish and wicked men divert themselves with doing harm to others, or tempting to sin. 24. The largest desire of eternal blessings the righteous can form, will be granted. 25. The course of prosperous sinners is like a whirlwind, which soon spends itself, and is gone. 26. As vinegar sets the teeth on edge, and as the smoke causes the eyes to smart, so the sluggard vexes his employer. 27,28. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.
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