Proverbs 1:27
25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
26 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- KJV
- When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- WEB
- when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.
- ASV
- When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
- DARBY
- when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
- BLB
- your⁺ dread comes like a storm, and your⁺ calamity like a whirlwind comes, in the coming upon you⁺ of distress and anguish.
- ÅB
- når det dere reddes for, kommer som et uvær, og deres ulykke farer fram som en stormvind, når trengsel og nød kommer over dere.
- OTB
- Når deres redsel kommer som en storm og deres ulykke som en virvelvind, når nød og angst kommer over dere.
- B1930
- når det I reddes for, kommer som et uvær, og eders ulykke farer frem som en stormvind, når trengsel og nød kommer over eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:25–26
Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
Read in contextPsalms 69:22–28
May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Read in contextPsalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
Read in contextProverbs 10:24–25
What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Read in contextRomans 2:9
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Read in contextNahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Read in contextLuke 21:34–35
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
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