Proverbs 1:27
What does Proverbs 1:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 1:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 10:24
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
- Psalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
- Psalms 69:22
Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
- Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
- Luke 21:23
Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
- Romans 2:9
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
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