Proverbs 6:15

Proverbs 6:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

Context of Proverbs 6:15

13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. 14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery. 16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:15 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פRead the interlinear

• Thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• calamityאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343
• will come upon himבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
• in an instantפֶּתַעpetha‛ · suddennessH6621
• he will be shatteredשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• beyondאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• recoveryמַרְפֵּאmarpê' · healingH4832

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:15

• Proverbs 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
• Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
• Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Suddenly shall he be broken - Probably alluding to some punishment of the adulterer, such as being stoned to death. A multitude shall join together, and so overwhelm him with stones, that he shall have his flesh and bones broken to pieces, and there shall be no remedy - none to deliver or pity him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The duper and the dupe shall share the same calamity.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Even if bad people seem to succeed, they will face sudden punishment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Suddenness aggravates evil (compare Pr 6:11; 29:1). calamity--literally, "a crushing weight." broken--shivered as a potter's vessel; utterly destroyed (Psa 2:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Malice
• Wicked (People)
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
• Hezekiah (2)
• James, Epistle of
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings