Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Listen, my son, accept what I say, 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. English Standard Version Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. Berean Standard Bible Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many. King James Bible 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 American Standard Bible Listen, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. NASB 1995 Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many. NASB 1977 Hear, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. Legacy Standard Bible Hear, my son, and receive my sayings And 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. Christian Standard Bible Listen, my son. Accept my words, and you will live many years. Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen, my son. Accept my words, and you will live many years. American Standard Version Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Hear, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version My child, if you listen and obey my teachings, you will live a long time. Douay-Rheims Bible Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee. English Revised Version Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. GOD'S WORD® Translation My son, listen and accept my words, and they will multiply the years of your life. Good News Translation Listen to me, my child. Take seriously what I am telling you, and you will live a long life. International Standard Version Listen, my son: accept my words, and you'll live a long, long time. JPS Tanakh 1917 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. Literal Standard Version Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, | And years of life [are] multiplied to you. Majority Standard Bible Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many. New American Bible Hear, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life shall be many. NET Bible Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many. New Revised Standard Version Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. New Heart English Bible Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. Webster's Bible Translation Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. World English Bible Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. Young's Literal Translation Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Father's Instruction…9She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.” 10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many. 11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.… 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 2:1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, Proverbs 3:2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. Treasury of Scripture Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many. my Proverbs 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Proverbs 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. Job 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. the Proverbs 3:2,16 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee… Deuteronomy 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 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. Jump to Previous Accept Ear Hear Heart Life Multiplied Open Receive Sayings WordsJump to Next Accept Ear Hear Heart Life Multiplied Open Receive Sayings WordsProverbs 4 1. persuades to wisdom14. and to show wickedness 20. He exhorts to sanctification Verse 10. - Many commentators, e.g. Jerome, Bede, Ewald, Bertheau, and Hitzig, suppose that the father's instruction closes in the preceding verse, but it seems more appropriate to consider the father as here passing to another branch of his instruction, which is to point out the way of wisdom, and so to prepare for his warnings which follow from ver. 14 to ver. 19. Receive; kakh, from lakah, "to receive" (on the force of this verb, see ch. 1:3). He who shows a delighter willingness in admitting the words of Wisdom - for such a character the father claims for his teaching, as we see from, the next verse - shall receive a blessing. It is a sign of grace when any even show themselves open to listen to instruction; but it is a greater sign when this instruction is received with readiness and pleasure (Muffet). The years of thy life (sh'noth khayyim); literally, years of thy lives. The plural "lives" expresses the idea of life in the abstract. There is no absolute statement of a future life here, though by the Christian this idea may be indulged in on the ground of a fuller revelation. The promise is one that not only implies the prolongation of life, but also a life of prosperity and enjoyment. Shall be many; literally, shall be multiplied. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Listen,שְׁמַ֣ע (šə·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently my son, בְּ֭נִי (bə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son and receive וְקַ֣ח (wə·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take my words, אֲמָרָ֑י (’ă·mā·rāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 561: Something said and the years שְׁנ֣וֹת (šə·nō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8141: A year of your life חַיִּֽים׃ (ḥay·yîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life will be many. וְיִרְבּ֥וּ (wə·yir·bū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great Links Proverbs 4:10 NIVProverbs 4:10 NLT Proverbs 4:10 ESV Proverbs 4:10 NASB Proverbs 4:10 KJV Proverbs 4:10 BibleApps.com Proverbs 4:10 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 4:10 Chinese Bible Proverbs 4:10 French Bible Proverbs 4:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 4:10 Listen my son and receive my sayings (Prov. 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