PRO 9:11 Parallel View

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ULT For by me your days will increase,
 ⇔ and years of life will be added to you.

UST Surely being wise will cause you to live for many days,
⇔ and it will cause you to live for many years.

BSB For through wisdom [fn] your days will be multiplied,
⇔ and years will be added to your life.

9:11 LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum; Hebrew through me

OEB For by me your days will be many,
⇔ and the years of your life increased.’

WEB For by me your days will be multiplied.
⇔ The years of your life will be increased.

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

LSV For by me your days multiply,
And years of life are added to you.

FBV Through wisdom you'll have many more days, increasing the years of your life.

T4T If you become wise, you will live many years [DOU].

LEB • and years of life shall multiply for you.

BBE For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

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

ASV For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
 ⇔ And the years of thy life shall be increased.

DRA For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

YLT For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

DBY For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

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

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

KJB For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
(For by me thy/your days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy/your life shall be increased. )

BB For thorowe me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeres of thy life shall be many.
(For thorowe me thy/your days shall be prolonged, and the years of thy/your life shall be many.)

GNV For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.
(For thy/your days shall be multiplied by me, and the years of thy/your life shall be augmented. )

CB For thorow me yi dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeares of thy life shal be many.
(For through me yi days shall be prolonged, and the years of thy/your life shall be many.)

WYC For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee.
(For thy/your days should be multiplied by me; and yearis of life should be encreessid to thee.)

LUT Denn durch mich wird deiner Tage viel werden, und werden dir der Jahre des Lebens mehr werden.
(Because through me becomes deiner days many become, and become you the years the life mehr become.)

CLV Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitæ.
(Per me because multiplicabuntur dies tui, and addentur to_you anni vitæ. )

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

BrLXX Τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ τρόπῳ πολὺν ζήσεις χρόνον, καὶ προστεθήσεταί σοι ἔτη ζωῆς σου.
(Toutōi gar tōi tropōi polun zaʸseis ⱪronon, kai prostethaʸsetai soi etaʸ zōaʸs sou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּי

that/for/because/then/when

For here indicates that Wisdom is emphasizing what follows in this verse. Use a connector in your language that makes that emphasis clear. Alternate translation: “Truly”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑י⁠ךָ

multiplied days,your

Here Wisdom speaks of people living for a long time as if the days that they are alive were something that could increase in number. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you will live many more days”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝⁠ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים

and,added to,your years life(pl)

Here Wisdom speaks of people living for a long time as if the years that they are alive were something that could be added to their lives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and you will live many more years”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים

years life(pl)

See how you translated this idiom in 3:2.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝⁠ךָ֗

and,added to,your

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and … I will add to you”

Parallel PRO 9:11