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Proverbs 1:27
27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
Context of Proverbs 1:27
25since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke, 26I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you— when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. 28“Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me, 29since they hated 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 3:25Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
- Proverbs 10:24What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted.
- Psalms 69:22May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.
- Luke 21:26People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
- Isaiah 17:13Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.
- Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Luke 21:23How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
- Romans 2:9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;
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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