English Standard Version
Proverbs 24:22
22for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
Proverbs 24:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
- New International Version (NIV)for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
- New King James Version (NKJV)For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin those two can bring?
- New Living Translation (NLT)for disaster will hit them suddenly. Who knows what punishment will come from the Lord and the king?
Context of Proverbs 24:22
20for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out. 21My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise, for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? 23These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. 24Whoever says to the wicked, "You are in the right," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:22 word by word
כִּֽי־פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑ם וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 24:22
- Numbers 16:31And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 18:7And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.
- 2 Chronicles 13:16The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth.
- Hosea 13:10Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
- Proverbs 16:14A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.
- Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
- Psalms 90:11Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The ruin of them both? - Of them who do not fear the Lord; and of them that do not reverence the King.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Both - Those who fear not God, and those who fear not the king.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-22Verses 21-22 The godly in the land, will be quiet in the land. There may be cause to change for the better, but have nothing to do with them that are given change.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Saying 30: The king is linked to the Lord, showing his power and rule on earth (see 1 Samuel 12; Psalm 2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. A warning against impiety and resistance to lawful rule (Ro 13:1-7; 1Pe 2:17). meddle ... change--(Compare Margin), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the society of restless persons.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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