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Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

KJV

quoniam repente consurget perditio eorum, et ruinam utriusque quis novit ?

Vulgate

ἐξαίφνης γὰρ τίσονται τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς, τὰς δὲ τιμωρίας ἀμφοτέρων τίς γνώσεται; [1] λόγον φυλασσόμενος υἱὸς ἀπωλείας ἐκτὸς ἔσται, δεχόμενος δὲ ἐδέξατο αὐτόν. [2] μηδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης βασιλεῖ λεγέσθω, καὶ οὐδὲν ψεῦδος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ γλώσσης μὴ ἐξέλθῃ. [3] μάχαιρα γλῶσσα βασιλέως καὶ οὐ σαρκίνη· ὃς δ’ ἂν παραδοθῇ, συντριβήσεται. [4] ἐὰν γὰρ ὀξυνθῇ ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ, σὺν νεύροις ἀνθρώπους ἀναλίσκει, [5] καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων κατατρώγει, καὶ συνκαίει ὥσπερ φλόξ, ⸂⸆⸃ ὥστε ἄβρωτα εἶναι νεοσσοῖς ἀετῶν.

LXX

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

ASV

כִּֽי פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑/ם וּ/פִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵי/הֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 3×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 24×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
פִּתְאֹ֑ם
pt'm
adverb · 25×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 13:16 — And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
  • 2Sam 18:7 — Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
  • Eccl 8:7 — For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
  • Hos 5:11 — Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
  • Num 16:31 — And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
  • Ps 90:11 — Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.