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Proverbs 24:10
10[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
Proverbs 24:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
- New International Version (NIV)If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.
Context of Proverbs 24:10
8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues. 9The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men. [If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small. 11Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter. 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:10 word by word
הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ בְּי֥וֹם צָרָ֗ה צַ֣ר כֹּחֶֽכָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:10
- 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.
- Job 4:5But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
- Isaiah 40:28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding.
- John 4:8(for his disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions).
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
- Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I beseech [you] not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
- Hebrews 12:3For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
- Revelation 2:3and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10If thou faint - If thou give way to discouragement and despair in the day of adversity - time of trial or temptation. Thy strength is small - כחכה צר tsar cochachah, thy strength is contracted. So the old MS. Bible excellently: Gif sliden thou dispeire, in the dai of anguyfs, schal be made litil thy strengthe. In times of trial we should endeavor to be doubly courageous; when a man loses his courage, his strength avails him nothing.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 Under troubles we are apt to despair of relief. But be of good courage, and God shall strengthen thy heart.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Saying 24: A wise person stays calm and strong when stressed (for example, Daniel 1:8–16; 3:1–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Literally, "If thou fail in the day of straits (adversity), strait (or, small) is thy strength," which is then truly tested.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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