Proverbs 9:11

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For by me your days will be multiplied, 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.

Context of Proverbs 9:11

9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 10The fear of Yhwh is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. 12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:11 word by word

כִּי־בִ֭י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑יךָ וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• For by me thy daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall be multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• and the yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of thy lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• shall be increasedיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254

Cross-references for Proverbs 9:11

• Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
• Proverbs 10:27The fear of Yhwh prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
• Deuteronomy 6:2That thou mightest fear Yhwh thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 9:11

• Longevity
• Wisdom

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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