The Meaning of Proverbs 14:27 Explained

Proverbs 14:27

KJV: The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

YLT: The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

Darby: The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

ASV: The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The fear  of the LORD  [is] a fountain  of life,  to depart  from the snares  of death. 

What does Proverbs 14:27 Mean?

Study Notes

fear
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fear of the Lord
The "fear of the Lord," a phrase of the O.T. piety, meaning reverential trust, with hatred of evil.

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:27 mean?

The fear of Yahweh [is] a fountain of life to turn [one] away from the snares of death
יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת

יִרְאַ֣ת  The  fear 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יִרְאָה  
Sense: fear, terror, fearing.
יְ֭הוָה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מְק֣וֹר  [is]  a  fountain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָקֹור  
Sense: spring, fountain.
חַיִּ֑ים  of  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
לָ֝ס֗וּר  to  turn  [one]  away 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי  from  the  snares 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מֹוקֵשׁ  
Sense: bait, lure, snare.
מָֽוֶת  of  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.