English Standard Version
Proverbs 9:11
11For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
Proverbs 9:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- New International Version (NIV)For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
Context of Proverbs 9:11
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. 10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. 13The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
Read all of Proverbs 9Proverbs 9:11 word by word
כִּי־בִ֭י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑יךָ וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 9:11
- Proverbs 3:2for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
- Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
- Deuteronomy 6:2that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.
Commentaries on Proverbs 9:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied - Vice shortens human life, by a necessity of consequence: and by the same, righteousness lengthens it. There is a long addition here in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: "He who trusts in falsity feeds on the winds; and is like him who chases the fowls of heaven. He forsakes the way of his own vineyard, and errs from the paths of his own inheritance. He enters also into lonely and desert places, and into a land…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12fear of the LORD: Refer to study note on Proverbs 1:7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Compare Pr 3:16-18; 4:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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