New King James Version
Proverbs 24:10
10If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.
Proverbs 24:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
- New International Version (NIV)If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small.
Context of Proverbs 24:10
8He who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer. 9The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men. If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small. 11Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. 12If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:10 word by word
הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ בְּי֥וֹם צָרָ֗ה צַ֣ר כֹּחֶֽכָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:10
- 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.”
- Job 4:5But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.
- Isaiah 40:28Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
- John 4:8For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
- Ephesians 3:13Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
- Hebrews 12:3For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
- Revelation 2:3and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10If thou faint - If thou give way to discouragement and despair in the day of adversity - time of trial or temptation. Thy strength is small - כחכה צר tsar cochachah, thy strength is contracted. So the old MS. Bible excellently: Gif sliden thou dispeire, in the dai of anguyfs, schal be made litil thy strengthe. In times of trial we should endeavor to be doubly courageous; when a man loses his courage, his strength avails him nothing.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 Under troubles we are apt to despair of relief. But be of good courage, and God shall strengthen thy heart.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Saying 24: A wise person stays calm and strong when stressed (for example, Daniel 1:8–16; 3:1–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Literally, "If thou fail in the day of straits (adversity), strait (or, small) is thy strength," which is then truly tested.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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