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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.

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