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Proverbs 1:27
27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on 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
25because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke, 26so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes, when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you. 28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me. 29Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear 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 3:25You will not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;
- Proverbs 10:24What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
- Psalms 69:22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!
- Luke 21:26People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Psalms 58:9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
- Isaiah 17:13Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.
- Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished. He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.
- Luke 21:23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.
- Romans 2:9There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,
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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