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Proverbs 10:27 Interlinear

“The fear of the LORD prolongeth days but the years of the wicked shall be shortened”

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Proverbs 10 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	יִרְאַ֣ת	H3374	The fear	fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
2	יְ֭הוָה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3	תּוֹסִ֣יף	H3254	prolongeth	to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
4	יָמִ֑ים	H3117	days	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
5	וּשְׁנ֖וֹת	H8141	but the years	a year (as a revolution of time)
6	רְשָׁעִ֣ים	H7563	of the wicked	morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
7	תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה׃	H7114	shall be shortened	to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

Proverbs 10:27 (current)The fear of the LORD prolongeth days but the years of the wicked shall be shortened