The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Ver. 27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days.] Heb., Addeth days, viz., beyond expectation or likelihood in a course of nature. "The days of mourning for my father are at hand," said bloody Esau, "and then will I slay my brother Jacob." Gen 27:41 But threatened men, if they fear God especially, Ecc 8:12-13 live long. For even Isaac who died soonest, lived above fifty years beyond this. See Trapp on " Exo 20:12 "
But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.] "Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldst thou die before thy time?" Ecc 7:17 Sin brings death, and the worst of deaths, an unseasonable death, when it were better for a man to do anything than to die; for to such, death is a trap door to hell: and as their friends are scrambling for their goods, the worms for their bodies, so are the devils for their souls.