Proverbs 14:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning one away from the snares of death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

yirʾat YHWH məqôr ḥayyîm to lāsûr from mōqəšê māwet

Grammar Details

• *yirʾat*: feminine singular construct - fear of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *məqôr*: masculine singular construct - fountain of
• *ḥayyîm*: masculine plural noun - life
• *lāsûr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to turn aside
• *mōqəšê*: masculine plural construct - snares of
• *māwet*: masculine singular noun - death

Word Meanings

• *yirʾat*: fear of/respect for/reverence for
• *məqôr*: fountain/spring/source
• *ḥayyîm*: life/living/existence
• *lāsûr*: to turn aside/to depart/to avoid
• *mōqəšê*: snares/traps/entanglements
• *māwet*: death/dying/mortality

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  The fear{H3374} of Jehovah{H3068} is a fountain{H4726} of life,{H2416} That one may depart{H5493} from the snares{H4170} of death.{H4194}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068} is a fountain{H4726} of life{H2416}, to depart{H5493}{(H8800)} from the snares{H4170} of death{H4194}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The feare of the LORDE is a well of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The feare of the Lorde is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoyde the snares of death.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, Turning people from the snares of death.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The fear of Jehovah `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The fear of the LORD is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 13:14 : 14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, helping one turn away from the traps of death.
• Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.
• Eccl 7:26 : 26 I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.
• Isa 33:6 : 6 He will be the stability of your times, a wealth of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is His treasure.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty, I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.'
• Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
• Prov 2:10-18 : 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. 11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you, 12 rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely, 13 from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, 14 from those who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of wickedness. 15 Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious. 16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words, 17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; 18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.