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Wisdom Calls Aloud

Proverbs 1:26

In 11 translations

BSB
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
KJV
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
WEB
I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,
ASV
I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
LSV
I also laugh in your calamity, || I deride when your fear comes,
YLT
I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
DBY
I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
DRC
I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
GNV
I will also laugh at your destruction, and mocke, when your feare commeth.
JPS
I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
LXXE
therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

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Original-language editions

WLC
גַּם־אֲ֭נִי בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם אֶשְׂחָ֑ק אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג בְּבֹ֣א פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Τοιγαροῦν κᾀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι, καταχαροῦμαι δὲ ἡνίκα ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
  • Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
  • Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
  • Luke 14:24For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
  • Proverbs 6:15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
  • Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

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