Proverbs 3:2

Amplified Bible

For length of days and years of life [worth living] And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life's blessings] they will add to you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for they will bring youmany days, a full life, and well-being.

Hebrew Names Version
For length of days, and years of life, And shalom, will they add to you.

King James Version
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

English Standard Version
for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

New Century Version
Then you will live a long time, and your life will be successful.

New English Translation
for they will provide a long and full life, and they will add well-being to you.

New American Standard Bible
For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.

World English Bible
For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.

Legacy Standard Bible
For length of days and years of lifeAnd peace they will add to you.

Berean Standard Bible
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

Contemporary English Version
They will help you live a long and prosperous life.

Complete Jewish Bible
for they will add to you many days, years of life and peace.

Darby Translation
for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
What I teach will give you a good, long life, and all will go well for you.

George Lamsa Translation
For the length of days and long life will they add to you;

Good News Translation
My teaching will give you a long and prosperous life.

Lexham English Bible
For length of days, years of life, and peace they shall add to you.

Literal Translation
for they shall add length of days and long life and peace to you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For they shal prologe ye dayes & yeares of yi lyfe, & brynge ye peace.

American Standard Version
For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.

Bible in Basic English
For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee.

King James Version (1611)
For length of dayes, and long life, and peace shall they adde to thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy lyfe, and bryng thee peace.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

English Revised Version
For length of days, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For tho schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the yeeris of lijf, and pees.

Update Bible Version
For length of days, and years of life, And peace, they will add to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

New King James Version
For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you.

New Living Translation
If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying.

New Life Bible
For they will add to you many days and years of life and peace.

New Revised Standard
for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare they will give you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.

Revised Standard Version
for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare will they give you.

Young's Literal Translation
For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.

Contextual Overview

¹My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; ²For length of days and years of life [worth living] And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life's blessings] they will add to you.³Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you [instead let these qualities define you]; Bind them [securely] around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. ⁴So find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. ⁵Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding. ⁶In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

length: Proverbs 3:16, Proverbs 4:10, Proverbs 9:11, Job 5:26, Psalms 34:11-14, Psalms 91:16, Psalms 128:6, Ephesians 6:1-3, 1 Timothy 4:8

long life: Heb. years of life, Psalms 21:4

and peace: Proverbs 3:17, Psalms 119:165, Isaiah 32:17, Isaiah 57:19-21, Romans 5:1, Romans 14:17, Romans 15:13

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:2 - thy days Deuteronomy 11:9 - prolong Deuteronomy 11:21 - your days Deuteronomy 32:47 - General 1 Kings 3:14 - I will lengthen Proverbs 10:17 - the way Proverbs 10:27 - fear 1 Peter 3:10 - love

Cross-References

Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the venom of a serpent; They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For length of days, and long life,.... Or, "years of life", or "lives" f; a long life of usefulness and comfort here, and eternal life hereafter: the law of Moses promised a long life to the observers of it; but the Gospel of Christ brings an immortal life to light and promises to all believers in him that they shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life. "Length of days for ever and ever" was asked by Christ of his Father, Psalms 21:4, and given him, and is in his right hand, Proverbs 3:16; it is in his power to give, and he does give it to all his children, people, and followers, Psalms 21:4;

and peace shall they add to thee; the Gospel is the Gospel of peace, which not only proclaims peace by the blood of Christ; but the doctrines of it, such as justification by the righteousness of Christ, pardon by his blood, and atonement by his sacrifice, are the means of giving and increasing spiritual peace in the hearts of believers; and so are the ordinances of Christ, which in Proverbs 3:17; are called, for that reason, "paths of peace"; see Romans 5:1.

f שנות חיים "annos vitarum", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three words carry on the chain of blessings:

(1) “Length of days” (see the Psalms 91:16 note);

(2) “Years of life,” i. e., of a life worth living (compare Psalms 30:5; Psalms 42:8);

(3) “Peace,” tranquility inward and outward, the serenity of life continuing through old age until death. Compare 1 Timothy 4:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:2. 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.