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Proverbs 1:27

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

KJV

Cum irruerit repentina calamitas, et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit ; quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia :

Vulgate

καὶ ὡς ἂν ἀφίκηται ὑμῖν ἄφνω θόρυβος, ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ὁμοίως καταιγίδι παρῇ, καὶ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν θλίψις καὶ πολιορκία, ἢ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος.

LXX

When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

ASV

בְּ/בֹ֤א כ/שאוה כְ/שׁוֹאָ֨ה פַּחְדְּ/כֶ֗ם וְֽ֭/אֵידְ/כֶם כְּ/סוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּ/בֹ֥א עֲ֝לֵי/כֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְ/צוּקָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹתִיּ֣וֹת
'tyvt
verb · 21×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ם
m
noun · 24×
סוּפָֽה
svph
noun · 16×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פַּ֣חַד
pchd
noun · 49×
צ֖וֹק
tsvq
noun · 4×
צָרָֽה
tsrh
noun · 72×
שׁוֹאָ֖ה
shv'h
noun · 13×
שאוה
sh'vh
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God's visible people, and who lived under the means of grace. The expression I have chosen for my text, "Their foot shall slide in due time," seems to imply that they were always exposed to destruction, as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall.

Cross-references

  • Prov 3:25 — Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
  • Prov 3:25 — Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
  • Prov 6:15 — Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
  • Prov 10:25 — As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
  • Ps 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;