SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:11
Porque por mí se aumentarán tus días, y años de vida se te añadirán.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 9:11
Verse 11. For by me thy days shall be multiplied ] Vice shortens human life, by a necessity of consequence: and by the same, righteousness lengthens it. There is a long addition here in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: "He who trusts in falsity feeds on the winds; and is like him who chases the fowls of heaven. He forsakes the way of his own vineyard, and errs from the paths of his own inheritance. He enters also into lonely and desert places, and into a land abandoned to thirst; and his hands collect that which yieldeth no fruit."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. For by me thy days shall be multiplied , etc.] These are the words of Wisdom, and contain a reason and argument why her call and advice in the preceding verses should be listened unto, since she gives long life to her followers. She is a tree of life unto them, the author and giver of spiritual and eternal life; by means of her bread and her wine spiritual life is maintained, promoted, and preserved; and length of days, for ever and ever, is the gift of her right hand; see ( Proverbs 3:16,18). The Targum is, “for by it thy days shall be multiplied;” which seems to refer it to the fear of the Lord, the beginning of wisdom, in ( Proverbs 9:10), to which long life is attributed; see ( Proverbs 10:27); and the years of thy life shall be increased ; or, “they shall add years of life to thee” f255 ; wisdom and understanding, the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of the Holy; if not in this world, yet in the world to come, which will be without end.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-12 - Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as wel as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go fort to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that d not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We mus keep from the company and foolish pleasures of the ungodly, or we neve can enjoy the pleasures of a holy life. It is vain to seek the compan of wicked men in the hope of doing them good; we are far more likely to be corrupted by them. It is not enough to forsake the foolish, we mus join those that walk in wisdom. There is no true wisdom but in the way of religion, no true life but in the end of that way. Here is the happiness of those that embrace it. A man cannot be profitable to God it is for our own good. Observe the shame and ruin of those who sligh it. God is not the Author of sin: and Satan can only tempt, he cannot force. Thou shalt bear the loss of that which thou scornest: it wil add to thy condemnation.
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 בי ירבו 7235 ימיך 3117 ויוסיפו 3254 לך שׁנות 8141 חיים׃ 2416
