Proverbs 4:10

New Century Version

My child, listen and accept what I say. Then you will have a long life.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen, my son. Accept my words,and you will live many years.

Hebrew Names Version
Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

King James Version
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

English Standard Version
Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

New English Translation
Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

Amplified Bible
Hear, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.

New American Standard Bible
Listen, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.

World English Bible
Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

Legacy Standard Bible
Hear, my son, and receive my sayingsAnd the years of your life will be many.

Berean Standard Bible
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

Contemporary English Version
My child, if you listen and obey my teachings, you will live a long time.

Complete Jewish Bible
Listen, my son, receive what I say, and the years of your life will be many.

Darby Translation
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.

Easy-to-Read Version
Son, listen to me. Do what I say, and you will live a long time.

George Lamsa Translation
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.

Good News Translation
Listen to me, my child. Take seriously what I am telling you, and you will live a long life.

Lexham English Bible
Listen, my child, take my sayings, and the years of your life shall be great.

Literal Translation
Oh my son, hear and receive my sayings, and the years of your life shall be many.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, that the yeares of thy life maye be many.

American Standard Version
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

Bible in Basic English
Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

King James Version (1611)
Heare, O my sonne, and receiue my sayings: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.

English Revised Version
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi sone, here thou, and take my wordis; that the yeris of lijf be multiplied to thee.

Update Bible Version
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of your life shall be many.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

New King James Version
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.

New Living Translation
My child, listen to me and do as I say, and you will have a long, good life.

New Life Bible
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life will be many.

New Revised Standard
Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.

Revised Standard Version
Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

Young's Literal Translation
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee.

THE MESSAGE
Dear friend, take my advice; it will add years to your life. I'm writing out clear directions to Wisdom Way, I'm drawing a map to Righteous Road. I don't want you ending up in blind alleys, or wasting time making wrong turns. Hold tight to good advice; don't relax your grip. Guard it well—your life is at stake! Don't take Wicked Bypass; don't so much as set foot on that road. Stay clear of it; give it a wide berth. Make a detour and be on your way.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many.

Contextual Overview

¹ My children, listen to your father's teaching; pay attention so you will understand. ² What I am telling you is good, so do not forget what I teach you. ³ When I was a young boy in my father's house and like an only child to my mother, ⁴ my father taught me and said, "Hold on to my words with all your heart. Keep my commands and you will live. ⁵ Get wisdom and understanding. Don't forget or ignore my words. ⁶ Hold on to wisdom, and it will take care of you. Love it, and it will keep you safe. ⁷ Wisdom is the most important thing; so get wisdom. If it costs everything you have, get understanding. ⁸ Treasure wisdom, and it will make you great; hold on to it, and it will bring you honor. ⁹ It will be like flowers in your hair and like a beautiful crown on your head." ¹⁰ My child, listen and accept what I say. Then you will have a long life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

my: Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 19:20, Job 22:22, Jeremiah 9:20, John 3:32, John 3:33, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Timothy 1:15

the: Proverbs 3:2, Proverbs 3:16, Deuteronomy 5:16, Deuteronomy 6:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:21 - your days Psalms 119:9 - shall Proverbs 4:22 - life Proverbs 23:19 - and guide Jeremiah 35:8 - General John 17:8 - received

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 9:5
I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person's life.

Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "I have heard many complaints against the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. They are very evil.

Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptian slave masters hurt them. I am concerned about their pain,

Numbers 35:33
"‘Don't let murder spoil your land. The only way to remove the sin of killing an innocent person is for the murderer to be put to death.

Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, tell the truth. Confess to the Lord , the God of Israel. Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything from me."

2 Kings 9:26
‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons, says the Lord , so I will punish Ahab in his field, says the Lord .' Take Joram's body and throw it into the field, as the Lord has said."

Job 16:18
"Earth, please do not cover up my blood. Don't let my cry ever stop being heard!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings,.... Some think David is still speaking to his son Solomon, or Solomon continues relating what his father said to him; though I rather think these are Solomon's words to his son, to everyone of his children that came to him for instruction, or he took upon him to teach; whom he advises to listen to what he had further to say, and to embrace, and not reject, his doctrines;

and the years of thy life shall be many; see Proverbs 3:1; long life here, and length of days for ever and ever, or eternal life hereafter; which must be a very forcible argument to engage attention to his sayings.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.

Proverbs 4:7

Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.

Proverbs 4:12

The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.

Proverbs 4:13

She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.

Proverbs 4:16

A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.

Proverbs 4:17

i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.

Proverbs 4:18

Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.

Proverbs 4:19

Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.

Proverbs 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 4:10. The years of thy life shall be many. — Vice and intemperance impair the health and shorten the days of the wicked; while true religion, sobriety, and temperance, prolong them. The principal part of our diseases springs from "indolence, intemperance, and disorderly passions." Religion excites to industry, promotes sober habits, and destroys evil passions, and harmonizes the soul; and thus, by preventing many diseases, necessarily prolongs life.