God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 1:27
27when panic strikes you like a violent storm, when calamity strikes you like a wind storm, when trouble and anguish come to you.
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 ignored all my advice. You did not want me to warn you. 26I will laugh at your calamity. I will make fun of you when panic strikes you, when panic strikes you like a violent storm, when calamity strikes you like a wind storm, when trouble and anguish come to you. 28“They will call to me at that time, but I will not answer. They will look for me, but they will not find me, 29because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 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 3:25Do not be afraid of sudden terror or of the destruction of wicked people when it comes.
- Proverbs 10:24That which wicked people dread happens to them, but ⌞the Lord⌟ grants the desire of righteous people.
- Psalms 69:22Let the table set for them become a trap and a snare for their friends.
- Luke 21:26People will faint as they fearfully wait for what will happen to the world. Indeed, the powers of the universe will be shaken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When people say, “Everything is safe and sound!” destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won’t be able to escape.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the slaves and free people hid themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains.
- Psalms 58:9Let ⌞God⌟ sweep them away faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs.
- Isaiah 17:13The people will make noise like raging water. But the Lord will yell at them, and they will run far away. They will be chased away like husks on the mountains being blown by the wind, like whirling dust being blown by a storm.
- Nahum 1:3The Lord is patient and has great strength. The Lord will never let the guilty go unpunished. Raging winds and storms mark his path, and clouds are the dust from his feet.
- Luke 21:23“How horrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days. Indeed, the land will suffer very hard times, and its people will be punished.
- Romans 2:9There will be suffering and distress for every person who does evil, for Jews first and Greeks as well.
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
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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
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