Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 24:10
10If you falter in a 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 King James Version (NKJV)If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.
Context of Proverbs 24:10
8One who plots evil will be called a schemer. 9A foolish scheme is sin, and people detest a mocker. If you falter in a day of adversity, your strength is small. 11Rescue those being dragged off to death, hold back those stumbling to slaughter. 12If you say, “Look, we didn’t know this.” Won’t He who weighs hearts perceive it? Won’t He who guards your soul know it? Won’t He repay each one 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 27:1Then David said in his heart, “One day I’ll be swept away by the hand of Saul. There’s nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me in all the territories of Israel, so I’ll escape from his hand.”
- Job 4:5Yet now it has come to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
- Isaiah 40:28Have you not known? Have you not heard? Adonai is the eternal God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
- John 4:8for His disciples had gone away to the town to buy food.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1For this reason, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart.
- Ephesians 3:13So I ask you not to be discouraged by my troubles on your behalf—they are your glory.
- Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.
- Revelation 2:3You have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and you have not grown 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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