Lexicon :: Strong's H748 - 'āraḵ

“Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the LORD your God gives you.

‘Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days [on the earth] may be prolonged and so that it may go well with you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the works of the LORD which He had done for Israel.

“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?

And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?

“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;

They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”

Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger,

And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression or an offense [without seeking revenge and harboring resentment].

When a land does wrong, it has many princes,

But when the ruler is a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability endures.

A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding and common sense [and his wickedness shortens his days],

But he who hates unjust gain will [be blessed and] prolong his days.

I have seen everything during my [fleeting] days of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who [fn]lives a long life in [spite of] his wickedness.

“For the sake of My Name I refrain from My wrath,

And for My praise I restrain Myself from you,

So that I do not cut you off.

Yet the LORD was [fn]willing

To crush Him, [fn]causing Him to suffer;

If [fn]He would give Himself as a guilt offering [an atonement for sin],

He shall see His [spiritual] offspring,

He shall prolong His days,

And the will (good pleasure) of the LORD shall succeed and prosper in His hand.

“Enlarge the site of your tent [to make room for more children];

Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them;

Lengthen your tent ropes

And make your pegs (stakes) firm [in the ground].

“Of whom do you make fun?

Against whom do you open wide your mouth

And stick out your tongue?

Are you not children of rebellion (sin),

Offspring of deceit,

‘Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the forest

And its boughs multiplied and its branches grew long;

Because there was so much water they spread outward.