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Proverbs 24:22

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin [that comes] from both of them?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the destruction of them both?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both—who knoweth!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For their destruction shal rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For their calamity shall come suddenly; and who knows the end of their years?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance [inflicted] by both? [A son that keeps the commandment shall escape destruction; for [such an one] has fully received it. Let no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yea, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. The king's tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whosoever shall be given up to [it] shall be destroyed: for if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords, and devours men's bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not [even] fit to be eaten by the young eagles. [My] son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent].
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
their calamity 343
{0343} Prime
אֵיד
'eyd
{ade}
From the same as H0181 (in the sense of bending down); oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin.
shall rise 6965
{6965} Prime
קוּם
quwm
{koom}
A primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literally, figuratively, intensively and causatively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
suddenly; 6597
{6597} Prime
פִּתְאוֹם
pith'owm
{pith-ome'}
From H6621; instantly.
and who x4310
(4310) Complement
מִי
miy
{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
knoweth 3045
{3045} Prime
ידע
yada`
{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
the ruin 6365
{6365} Prime
פִּיד
piyd
{peed}
From an unused root probably meaning to pierce; (figuratively) misfortune.
of them both? 8147
{8147} Prime
שְׁתַּיִם
sh@nayim
{shen-ah'-yim}
(The first form being dual of H8145; the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 24:21-22.


Proverbs 24:22

_ _ their calamity, etc. — either what God and the king inflict, or what changers and their company suffer; better the first.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 24:21-22.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 24:22

Who knoweth — Who can conceive how sore and sudden will be the ruin of them that fear not God, and the king.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 24:22

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

(g) Meaning, either of the wicked and seditious, as in (Proverbs 24:19, Proverbs 24:21) or of them who do not fear God or obey their king.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
their:

Numbers 16:31-35 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: ... And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
1 Samuel 31:1-7 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. ... And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
2 Samuel 18:7-8 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]. ... For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
2 Chronicles 13:16-17 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. ... And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Hosea 5:11 Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Hosea 13:10-11 I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? ... I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.

who:

Proverbs 16:14 The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 20:2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Psalms 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Nu 16:31. 1S 31:1. 2S 18:7. 2Ch 13:16. Ps 90:11. Pv 16:14; 20:2. Ho 5:11; 13:10.

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