Saying 28
Proverbs 24:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- KJV
- Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
- WEB
- Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
- ASV
- Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
- LSV
- Do not rejoice in the falling of your enemy, || And do not let your heart be joyful in his stumbling,
- YLT
- In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
- DBY
- Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
- DRC
- When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:
- GNV
- Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
- JPS
- Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
- LXXE
- If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.
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- Written (Ketiv): אוֹיְבֶיךָ (“enemies your”). Read aloud (Qere): אֽ֭וֹיִבְךָ (“enemy your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אֽ֭וֹיִבְיךָ; read aloud (Qere) reads אֽ֭וֹיִבְךָ (“enemy your”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- בִּנְפֹ֣ל אויביך אַל־תִּשְׂמָ֑ח וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ אַל־יָגֵ֥ל לִבֶּֽךָ׃Read aloud as (qere): אֽ֭וֹיִבְךָYathir readings in L which we have designated as Qeres when both Dothan and BHS list a Qere.
- LXX-Br
- Ἐὰν πέσῃ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, μὴ ἐπιχαρῇς αὐτῷ, ἐν δὲ τῷ ὑποσκελίσματι αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐπαίρου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Obadiah 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
- Job 31:29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
- Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6–7Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 2 Samuel 16:5–14As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses. He threw stones at David and at all…
- Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Judges 16:25And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).