Proverbs 9:11
New International Version
For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

New Living Translation
Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.

English Standard Version
For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Berean Standard Bible
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

King James Bible
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

New King James Version
For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

New American Standard Bible
For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

NASB 1995
For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

NASB 1977
For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

Legacy Standard Bible
For by me your days will become many, And years of life will be added to you.

Amplified Bible
For by me (wisdom from God) your days will be multiplied, And years of life shall be increased.

Christian Standard Bible
For by me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

American Standard Version
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because by it, your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee.

Contemporary English Version
I am Wisdom. If you follow me, you will live a long time.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

English Revised Version
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will live longer because of me, and years will be added to your life.

Good News Translation
Wisdom will add years to your life.

International Standard Version
For because of me you will live a long life, and years will be added to your life.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

Literal Standard Version
For by me your days multiply, | And years of life are added to you.

Majority Standard Bible
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

New American Bible
For by me your days will be multiplied and the years of your life increased.

NET Bible
For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

New Revised Standard Version
For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

New Heart English Bible
For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

Webster's Bible Translation
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

World English Bible
For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

Young's Literal Translation
For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Way of Wisdom
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:21
so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

Proverbs 3:2
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

Proverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding."

Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.


Treasury of Scripture

For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

Proverbs 3:2,16
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee…

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

Deuteronomy 6:2
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

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(11) For by me thy days shall be multiplied . . .--The connection of this verse with the preceding one is as follows:--It is true wisdom to fear and know God, for thus length of years and life that is worth living are to be gained. (Comp. Proverbs 3:2.)

Verse 11. - The parenthetical explanation being concluded, in which Wisdom has intimated why it is useless to appeal to the scorner and the wilful sinner, she now resumes the direct address interrupted at ver. 7, presenting a forcible reason for the advice given in ver. 6, though there is still some connection with ver. 10, as it is from the wisdom that comes from the fear of the Lord that the blessings now mentioned spring. For by me thy days shall be multiplied (see Proverbs 3:2, 16; Proverbs 4:10, where long life is promised as a reward for the possession and practice of wisdom). The same result is attributed to the fear of God (Proverbs 10:27; Proverbs 14:27, etc.). In ver. 6 the address is in the plural; here it is singular. A similar interchange is found in Proverbs 5:7, 8 (where see note).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

through [wisdom]
בִ֭י (ḇî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

your days
יָמֶ֑יךָ (yā·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

will be multiplied,
יִרְבּ֣וּ (yir·bū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

and years
שְׁנ֣וֹת (šə·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8141: A year

will be added
וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ (wə·yō·w·sî·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

to your life.
חַיִּֽים׃ (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


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