Warnings against Foolishness
Proverbs 6:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
- KJV
- Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
- WEB
- Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
- ASV
- Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
- LSV
- Therefore his calamity comes suddenly, || He is broken instantly—and no healing.
- YLT
- Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.
- DBY
- Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
- DRC
- To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.
- GNV
- Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.
- JPS
- Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
- LXXE
- Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.Comp. Heb.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃
- LXX-Br
- Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξαπίνης ἔρχεται ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτοῦ, διακοπὴ καὶ συντριβὴ ἀνίατος.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth…
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Isaiah 30:13–14this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant! It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found.…
- Proverbs 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).