English Standard Version
Proverbs 24:10
10If you faint in the day of adversity, your 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!
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small.
Context of Proverbs 24:10
8Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. 9The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind. If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. 11Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. 12If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:10 word by word
הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ בְּי֥וֹם צָרָ֗ה צַ֣ר כֹּחֶֽכָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 24:10
- 1 Samuel 27:1Then David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand."
- Job 4:5But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
- Isaiah 40:28Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
- John 4:8(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
- Ephesians 3:13So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
- Hebrews 12:3Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
- Revelation 2:3I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.
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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