New Living Translation
Proverbs 1:26
26So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—
Proverbs 1:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
- New International Version (NIV)I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
- English Standard Version (ESV)I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,
- New King James Version (NKJV)I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,
Context of Proverbs 1:26
24“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention. 25You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered. So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you— 27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you. 28“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:26 word by word
גַּם־אֲ֭נִי בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם אֶשְׂחָ֑ק אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג בְּבֹ֣א פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:26
- Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”
- Psalms 2:4But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them.
- Psalms 37:13But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming.
- Luke 14:24For none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.’”
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Compare the marginal reference. The scorn and derision with which men look on pride and malice, baffled and put to shame, has something that answers to it in the Divine Judgment. It is, however, significant that in the fuller revelation of the mind and will of the Father in the person of the Son no such language meets us. Sadness, sternness, severity, there may be, but, from first to last, no word of mere derision.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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