Proverbs 10:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה תּוֹסִ֣יף יָמִ֑ים וּשְׁנ֖וֹת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה׃

Transliteration

yirʾat YHWH tôsîp yāmîm û-šənôt rəšāʿîm tiqqōṣōrnāh

Grammar Details

*yirʾat*: feminine singular construct - fear of
*YHWH*: proper name - LORD
*tôsîp*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - adds/increases
*yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
*û-šənôt*: conjunction + feminine plural construct - but years of
*rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective - wicked ones
*tiqqōṣōrnāh*: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural - will be shortened

Word Meanings

*yirʾat*: fear/reverence/awe
*tôsîp*: adds/increases/prolongs
*yāmîm*: days/lifetime/time
*šənôt*: years/age/lifetime
*rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people/wrongdoers
*tiqqōṣōrnāh*: will be shortened/cut off/diminished

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 15:32-33 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Prov 3:2 : 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life will I satisfy{H8686)} him, and shew{H8686)} him my salvation.
Prov 3:16 : 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Job 22:15-16 : 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Ps 34:11-13 : 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Eccl 7:17 : 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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