The cords of She’ol were all around me; The snares of death were before me.
Proverbs 14:27 - The Scriptures 2009 The fear of יהוה is a fountain of life, To turn away from the snares of death. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. [John 4:10, 14.] American Standard Version (1901) The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death. Common English Bible The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people away from deathtraps. Catholic Public Domain Version The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, so as to turn aside from the ruin of death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death. |
The cords of She’ol were all around me; The snares of death were before me.
The fear of יהוה prolongs days, But the years of the wrong ones are shortened.
The Torah of the wise is a fountain of life, Turning one away from the snares of death.
In the fear of יהוה is strong trust, And His children have a place of refuge.
In a multitude of people Is a sovereign’s splendour, But in the lack of people Is the ruin of a prince.
The fear of יהוה leads to life, And he remains satisfied, He is not visited by evil.
Thorns, snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his life keeps far away from them.
And I found more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are shackles. He who pleases Elohim escapes from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
And He shall be the trustworthiness of your times, a wealth of deliverance, wisdom and knowledge. The fear of יהוה – that is His treasure.
And He said to me, “It is done! I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, the Beginning and the End. To the one who thirsts I shall give of the fountain of the water of life without payment.