PROVERBS 3:2

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”

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Proverbs 3:2 Translation & Meaning

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For כִּ֤י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed For
length אֹ֣רֶךְ Length length
of days, יָ֭מִים 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 associated term), (often used adverb) days
and long וּשְׁנ֣וֹת A year (as a revolution of time) long
life, חַיִּ֑ים Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively life
and peace, וְ֝שָׁל֗וֹם Safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace peace
shall they add יוֹסִ֥יפוּ To add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) add
to thee. יוֹסִ֥יפוּ To add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) to thee

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  • 1  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • 2  For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

  • 3  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

  • 4  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.




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