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Proverbs 24:10

Discouragement and depressionStrength and help in weaknessExhaustionTrials and adversity

8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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BSB
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
KJV
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
WEB
If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
ASV
If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
DARBY
[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
BLB
[If] you slacken in the day of distress, [then] narrow [is] your strength.
ÅB
Viser du deg motløs på trengselens dag, så er din kraft ringe.
OTB
Hvis du vakler i vanskelige tider, er din styrke liten.
B1930
Viser du dig motløs på trengselens dag, så er din kraft ringe.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Isaiah 40:28–31

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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  • Ephesians 3:13

    Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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  • Jeremiah 51:46

    And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

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  • Hebrews 12:3–5

    For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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  • 1 Samuel 27:1

    And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

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  • Job 4:5

    But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

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  • Revelation 2:3

    And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:1

    Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

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