The Meaning of Proverbs 9:11 Explained

Proverbs 9:11

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 9:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 9:1-18 - Two Contrasted Invitations
There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and Vice. The palace of Wisdom is very attractive-well built and well furnished. It is reared upon seven well-hewn marble pillars, in a quadrangular form, the entrance being left wide-open. An eternal mansion, it is stable and beautiful. Great preparations are made for the feast, which is open to all-in striking contrast to the private supper to which Vice allures the unwary youth. The beautiful owner also sends forth her maidens into the public thoroughfares to give free invitations to all who will accept them. See Matthew 22:1, etc.
Only to the simple or child-hearted, and not to the scorner, is the invitation addressed. Wisdom lets the scorner pass, because a word to him would only recoil on herself, and would add to his wickedness. To scoff at things which are holy and scorn the divine power is to risk the sin that is never forgiven. Such is the man who enters the feast without the wedding garment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 9

1  The discipline
4  and the doctrine of wisdom
13  The custom
16  and error of folly

What do the individual words in Proverbs 9:11 mean?

For by me will be multiplied your days and will be added To you years of life
כִּי־ בִ֭י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑יךָ וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים

בִ֭י  by  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
יִרְבּ֣וּ  will  be  multiplied 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
יָמֶ֑יךָ  your  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ  and  will  be  added 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
לְּ֝ךָ֗  To  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
שְׁנ֣וֹת  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
חַיִּֽים  of  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.

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