Proverbs 1:27

Proverbs 1:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
• New International Version (NIV)when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

Context of Proverbs 1:27

25You would not accept my teaching. When I warned you, you did nothing. 26So, when trouble comes to you, I will laugh. I will laugh at you when you are afraid. Fear may hit you like a strong wind. Trouble may knock you down, like a storm. Your problems may make you very afraid. But I will laugh at you. 28Foolish people will call to me for help, but I will not answer. They will look for me everywhere, but they will not find me. 29They have refused to learn what is right. They have refused to respect the Lord.

Proverbs 1:27 word by word

בְּבֹ֤א כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When your fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• comethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• as desolationשַׁאֲוָהsha'ăvâh · desolationH7584
• as desolationשׁוֹאָהshô' shô'âh shô'âh · devastationH7722
• and your destructionאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343
• comethאָתָה'âthâh 'âthâ' · to comeH857
• as a whirlwindסוּפָהsûphâh · whirlwindH5492
• when distressצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• and anguishצוּקָהtsôq tsûqâh · anguishH6695

Cross-references for Proverbs 1:27

• Proverbs 3:25You will not be frightened of any trouble that might surprise you. Trouble may destroy wicked people, but you will know that you are safe.
• Proverbs 10:24The trouble that wicked people are afraid of will certainly happen to them. But righteous people will receive the things that they want.
• Psalms 69:22Please God, cause their feasts to become a trap for them. Let it bring trouble to them and their friends.
• Luke 21:26These things will frighten people because they do not understand them. The powerful things in the sky will shake. People will be very afraid about what will happen next in the world. They will become very weak and fall to the ground.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3At that time, people will be saying, ‘We are safe and there is no trouble for us.’ But then, when they are not ready for it, great punishment will suddenly happen to them. It will be impossible for them to run away. Pain will suddenly come to them, like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
• Revelation 6:15Then everyone on the earth hid themselves. They went to the mountains and they hid among the rocks and in holes in the rocks. Everyone tried to hide, even the kings and the rulers. The soldiers' leaders, the rich people and other powerful people all went to hide. Everyone hid, whether they were slaves or free people.
• Psalms 58:9Remove them quickly, more quickly than pots become hot over a fire of thorn bushes.
• Isaiah 17:13But it does not matter how much noise they make. Those people may roar like powerful waves, but the Lord will shout at them to stop. Then they will run far away! They will run like the wind as it blows chaff across the hills. It will be like a strong storm that carries away dead weeds!
• Nahum 1:3The Lord will punish those who do wrong things. But he does not get angry quickly. He is a powerful God. The Lord does not get angry quickly. But he gets angry when people do wrong things. Then he punishes those people. He is very powerful. You can see his power in the wind and the storms. The clouds are like dust that his feet shake.
• Luke 21:23That will be a very bad time for women who are soon to have a baby! It will also be a bad time for those women who have little babies! Yes, very bad things will happen to all the people of this country. God will be very angry with the people who live here.
• Romans 2:9God will punish everyone who does bad things. He will do that first to the Jews, and he will do it also to the Gentiles. There will be much trouble and pain for every person who does bad things.

Commentaries on Proverbs 1:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Your destruction cometh as a whirlwind - כסופה kesuphah, as the all-prostrating blast. Sense and sound are here well expressed. Suphah here is the gust of wind.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Desolation - Better, tempest. The rapid gathering of the clouds, the rushing of the mighty winds, are the fittest types of the suddenness with which in the end the judgment of God shall fall on those who look not for it. Compare Matthew 24:29 etc.; Luke 17:24.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners. Proud, jovial people, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-27you neglected all my counsel: This is like ignoring God's call (see Psalm 14). God calls us through: creation (Psalm 8; Romans 1:18–20) Scripture (2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:20–21)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1). Wisdom--literally, "Wisdoms," the plural…Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 1:27

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Counsel
• Fear of God
• God Continued...
• Holy Spirit
• Impenitence
• Instruction
• Obduracy (Hardness)
• Opportunity
• Punishment
• Remorse
• Repentance
• Reprobacy
• Whirlwind
• Wicked (People)
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Call
• Consent
• Despise
• Entice
• Hate
• Lurk
• Naught
• Prosperity
• Proverb
• Refrain

Commentaries on Proverbs 1

• 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