Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 24:22
22For their destruction will arise suddenly, and who knows the ruin both Adonai and the king can bring?
Proverbs 24:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
- New International Version (NIV)for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
- English Standard Version (ESV)for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
- New King James Version (NKJV)For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin those two can bring?
Context of Proverbs 24:22
20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. 21My son, fear Adonai and the king, and do not associate with rebels. For their destruction will arise suddenly, and who knows the ruin both Adonai and the king can bring? 23These sayings are also from the wise: Partiality in judgment is not good. 24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent,” people curse him and nations revile him.
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:22 word by word
כִּֽי־פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑ם וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:22
- Numbers 16:31As soon as he finished saying all these things, the ground split under them.
- 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. Israel’s men fled before the Philistines and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 18:7The people of Israel were defeated there before the followers of David, and the slaughter that day was great—20,000 men.
- 2 Chronicles 13:16Then men of Israel fled before Judah and God delivered them into their hand.
- Hosea 5:11Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed by judgment, for he willingly followed a worthless thing.
- Hosea 13:10Where then is your king? So, will he save you in all your cities? Or your judges, to whom you said: ‘Give me a king and princes!’
- Proverbs 16:14A king’s fury is like messengers of death, but a wise man will appease it.
- Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like a lion’s growl. Whoever provokes him endangers his life.
- Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your fury leads to awe of you.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The ruin of them both? - Of them who do not fear the Lord; and of them that do not reverence the King.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Both - Those who fear not God, and those who fear not the king.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-22Verses 21-22 The godly in the land, will be quiet in the land. There may be cause to change for the better, but have nothing to do with them that are given change.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Saying 30: The king is linked to the Lord, showing his power and rule on earth (see 1 Samuel 12; Psalm 2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. A warning against impiety and resistance to lawful rule (Ro 13:1-7; 1Pe 2:17). meddle ... change--(Compare Margin), literally, "mingle not yourself," avoid the society of restless persons.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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