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Selected Verse: Proverbs 3:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 3:2 |
King James |
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
length . . . life--often promised as blessings (Psa 21:4; Psa 91:16).
peace--includes prosperity (Psa 125:5).
add--abound to thee. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Three words carry on the chain of blessings:
(1) "Length of days" (see the Psa 91:16 note);
(2) "Years of life," i. e., of a life worth living (compare Psa 30:5; Psa 42:8);
(3) "Peace," tranquility inward and outward, the serenity of life continuing through old age until death. Compare Ti1 4:8. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
For length of days - Three eminent blessings are promised here:
1. ארך ימים orech yamim, long days;
2. שנות חיים shenoth chaiyim, years of lives;
3. שלום shalom, prosperity; i.e. health, long life, and abundance. |
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.