King James Version
Proverbs 6:15
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Proverbs 6:15 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
Context of Proverbs 6:15
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:15
- Proverbs 1:27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- Proverbs 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Psalms 73:18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
- Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- Jeremiah 19:11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Suddenly shall he be broken - Probably alluding to some punishment of the adulterer, such as being stoned to death. A multitude shall join together, and so overwhelm him with stones, that he shall have his flesh and bones broken to pieces, and there shall be no remedy - none to deliver or pity him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The duper and the dupe shall share the same calamity.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Even if bad people seem to succeed, they will face sudden punishment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Suddenness aggravates evil (compare Pr 6:11; 29:1). calamity--literally, "a crushing weight." broken--shivered as a potter's vessel; utterly destroyed (Psa 2:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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