Proverbs 14:26
New International Version
Whoever fears the LORD has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.

New Living Translation
Those who fear the LORD are secure; he will be a refuge for their children.

English Standard Version
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

Berean Standard Bible
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

King James Bible
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

New King James Version
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge.

New American Standard Bible
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge.

NASB 1995
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge.

NASB 1977
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge.

Legacy Standard Bible
In the fear of Yahweh there is strong security, And his children will have refuge.

Amplified Bible
In the [reverent] fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And His children will [always] have a place of refuge.

Christian Standard Bible
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence and his children have a refuge.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence and his children have a refuge.

American Standard Version
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The awe of LORD JEHOVAH is strong in hope and he will be a protector to his children.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.

Contemporary English Version
If you respect the LORD, you and your children have a strong fortress

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the fear of the Lord is confidence of strength, and there shall be hope for his children.

English Revised Version
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and his children will have a place of refuge.

Good News Translation
Reverence for the LORD gives confidence and security to a man and his family.

International Standard Version
Rock-solid security is found in the fear of the LORD, and within it one's children find refuge.

JPS Tanakh 1917
In the fear of the LORD a man hath strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.

Literal Standard Version
Strong confidence [is] in the fear of YHWH, | And there is a refuge to His sons.

Majority Standard Bible
He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

New American Bible
The fear of the LORD is a strong defense, a refuge even for one’s children.

NET Bible
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.

New Revised Standard Version
In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and one’s children will have a refuge.

New Heart English Bible
In the fear of the LORD is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

World English Bible
In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Young's Literal Translation
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

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Context
The Wise Woman
25A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful. 26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.…

Cross References
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

Isaiah 33:6
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure.


Treasury of Scripture

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

fear

Proverbs 3:7,8,25,26
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil…

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

his

Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Isaiah 26:20,21
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast…

Jeremiah 15:11
The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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(26) His children.--Either, the children of the man who fears the Lord, as the blessing of Abraham (Genesis 17:7-8) and David (Jeremiah 33:20-21) descended to their children; or the pronoun may refer to God's children, i.e., those who look up to Him as a father, an expression which occurs in the Old Testament (e g., Psalm 73:15), but is brought forward more prominently in the New Testament.

Verse 26. - In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence. The fear of God casts out all fear of man, all despairing anticipations of possible evil, and makes the believer confident and bold. St. Gregory ('Moral.,' 5:33), "As in the way of the world fear gives rise to weakness, so in the way of God fear produces strength. In truth, our mind so much the more valorously sets at naught all the terrors of temporal vicissitudes, the more thoroughly that it submits itself in fear to the Author of those same temporal things. And being stablished in the fear of the Lord, it encounters nothing without it to fill it with alarm, in that whereas it is united to the Creator of all things by a righteous fear, it is by a certain powerful influence raised high above them all." Comp. Psalm 27:1 and St. Paul's words, "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31). Septuagint, "In the fear of the Lord is hope of strength." And his children shall have a place of refuge (Psalm 46:1). There is an ambiguity as to whose children are meant. The LXX. renders, "And to his children he will leave a support." Thus many refer the pronoun to the Lord named in the first clause - God's children, those who love and trust him, and look up to him as a Father, an expression used more specially in the New Testament than in the Old. But see Psalm 73:15, and passages (e.g. Hosea 11:1) where God calls Israel his son, a type of all who are brought unto him by adoption and grace. Others, again, refer the pronoun to "the fear of the Lord," "its children," which would be quite in conformity with Hebrew idiom; as we have "sons of wisdom," "children of obedience," equivalent to "wise," "obedient," etc. But most modern commentators explain it of the children of the God-fearing man, comparing Exodus 20:6 and Psalm 103:17. Such a one shall confer lasting benefits upon his posterity (ch. 13:22; 20:7). So God blessed the descendants of Abraham and David; so he shows mercy unto thousands i.e. the thousandth generation of them that love him and keep his commandments (see Genesis 17:7, etc.; Exodus 34:7; 1 Kings 11:12, etc.; Jeremiah 33:20, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He who fears
בְּיִרְאַ֣ת (bə·yir·’aṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence

the LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

is secure
עֹ֑ז (‘ōz)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5797: Strength, might

in confidence,
מִבְטַח־ (miḇ·ṭaḥ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4009: A refuge, security, assurance

and his children
וּ֝לְבָנָ֗יו (ū·lə·ḇā·nāw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

shall have
יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a place of refuge.
מַחְסֶֽה׃ (maḥ·seh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4268: Refuge, shelter


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