Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 6:15
15Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly; he will be shattered instantly, beyond recovery.
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, signaling with his feet, and gesturing with his fingers. 14He always plots evil with perversity in his heart; he stirs up trouble. Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly; he will be shattered instantly, beyond recovery. 16The Lord hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to him: 17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:15
- Proverbs 1:27when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when trouble and stress overcome you.
- Proverbs 29:1One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly — beyond recovery.
- Psalms 73:18Indeed, you put them in slippery places; you make them fall into ruin.
- Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours will be like a crumbling gap, a bulge in a high wall whose collapse will come in an instant — suddenly!
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
- Psalms 50:22“Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.
- Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I will shatter these people and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials.
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
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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
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