Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
Parallel translations
- WEB For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
- KJV For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
- BSB For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
- NKJV For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
- NASB For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
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Quick answer
Through wisdom your days and years will be multiplied. Walking in wisdom is generally the path to a long and fruitful life.
Overview
Wisdom promises increased length and richness of life to those who heed her, a recurring theme in Proverbs. This is a general principle of how God has ordered life, not an unbreakable guarantee in every individual case. Beyond earthly longevity it points to the abundant and eternal life found in Christ, the source of wisdom (John 10:10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Prov 10:27The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
- Prov 3:2for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
- Prov 3:16Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
- Deut 6:2that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you; you, and your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
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Wisdom personified, with God before creation and the agent of all things, anticipates Christ 'in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom' — the wisdom of God made flesh.
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