Proverbs 1:27

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Complete Jewish Bible:

yes, when terror overtakes you like a storm and your disaster approaches like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble assail you.

Berean Standard Bible:

when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

American Standard Version:

When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

When your fear{H6343} cometh{H935} as desolation{H7722}{H7584}, and your destruction{H343} cometh{H857} as a whirlwind{H5492}; when distress{H6869} and anguish{H6695} cometh{H935} upon you.

Cross-References (KJV):

Nahum 1:3

  • The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet.

Proverbs 3:25

  • Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Proverbs 3:26

  • For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Romans 2:9

  • Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Revelation 6:15

  • And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

Revelation 6:17

  • For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Proverbs 10:24

  • ¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

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Commentary for Proverbs 1:27

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6343
    There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פַּחַד
    Transliteration: pachad
    Pronunciation: pakh'-ad
    Description: from פָּחַד; a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling); dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
  2. Strong's Number: H935
    There are 2307 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוֹא
    Transliteration: bôwʼ
    Pronunciation: bo
    Description: a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  3. Strong's Number: H7722
    There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׁוֹא
    Transliteration: shôwʼ
    Pronunciation: sho
    Description: or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה; or שֹׁאָה; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation; desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
  4. Strong's Number: H7584
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׁאֲוָה
    Transliteration: shaʼăvâh
    Pronunciation: shah-av-aw'
    Description: from שָׁאָה; a tempest (as rushing); desolation.
  5. Strong's Number: H343
    There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵיד
    Transliteration: ʼêyd
    Pronunciation: ade
    Description: from the same as אוּד (in the sense of bending down); oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin; calamity, destruction.
  6. Strong's Number: H857
    There are 117 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָתָה
    Transliteration: ʼâthâh
    Pronunciation: aw-thaw'
    Description: or אָתָא; a primitive root (collateral to אוּת contraction); to arrive; (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.
  7. Strong's Number: H5492
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סוּפָה
    Transliteration: çûwphâh
    Pronunciation: soo-faw'
    Description: from סוּף; a hurricane; Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.
  8. Strong's Number: H6869
    There are 72 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָרָה
    Transliteration: tsârâh
    Pronunciation: tsaw-raw'
    Description: feminine of צַר; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:; adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
  9. Strong's Number: H6695
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צוֹק
    Transliteration: tsôwq
    Pronunciation: tsoke
    Description: or (feminine) צוּקָה; from צוּק; a strait, i.e. (figuratively) distress; anguish, [idiom] troublous.