Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Proverbs 19:23

NETBible	Fearing the Lord¹ leads² to life,³ and one who does so will live⁴ satisfied; he will not be afflicted⁵ by calamity.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 19:23	The fear of the LORD leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 19:23	The fear of the LORD leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 19:23	Fear of the LORD gives life, security, and protection from harm.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 19:23	Fear-of-GOD is life itself, a full life, and serene--no nasty surprises.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 19:23	The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 19:23	The fear of the LORD is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 19:23	The fear of the LORD leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.
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KJV	The fear <03374> of the LORD <03068> [tendeth] to life <02416>_: and [he that hath it] shall abide <03885> (8799) satisfied <07649>_; he shall not be visited <06485> (8735) with evil <07451>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 19:23	The fear <03374> of the LORD <03068> leads to life <02425> , So that one may sleep <03885> satisfied <07649> , untouched <01077> <6485> by evil <07451> .
LXXM	fobov <5401> N-NSM kuriou <2962> N-GSM eiv <1519> PREP zwhn <2222> N-ASF andri <435> N-DSM o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT afobov <870> A-NSM aulisyhsetai {V-FPI-3S} en <1722> PREP topoiv <5117> N-DPM ou <3739> R-GSM ouk <3364> ADV episkopeitai <1983> V-PMI-3S gnwsiv <1108> N-NSF
NET [draft] ITL	Fearing <03374> the Lord <03068> leads to life <02416> , and one who does so will live <03885> satisfied <07649> ; he will not <01077> be afflicted <06485> by calamity <07451> .
HEBREW	er <07451> dqpy <06485> lb <01077> Nyly <03885> ebvw <07649> Myyxl <02416> hwhy <03068> tary (19:23) <03374>

NETBible

Fearing the Lord¹ leads² to life,³ and one who does so will live⁴ satisfied; he will not be afflicted⁵ by calamity.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the fear of the Lord.” This expression features an objective genitive: “fearing the Lord.”

²tn The term “leads” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and style.

³tn Here “life” is probably a metonymy of subject for “blessings and prosperity in life.” The plural form often covers a person’s “lifetime.”

⁴tn The subject of this verb is probably the one who fears the Lord and enjoys life. So the proverb uses synthetic parallelism; the second half tells what this life is like – it is an abiding contentment that is not threatened by calamity (cf. NCV “unbothered by trouble”).

⁵tn Heb “he will not be visited” (so KJV, ASV). The verb פָּקַד (paqad) is often translated “visit.” It describes intervention that will change the destiny. If God “visits” it means he intervenes to bless or to curse. To be “visited by trouble” means that calamity will interfere with the course of life and change the direction or the destiny. Therefore this is not referring to a minor trouble that one might briefly experience. A life in the Lord cannot be disrupted by such major catastrophes that would alter one’s destiny.