Proverbs 24:10

What does Proverbs 24:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 24:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If thou lose hope, being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.

Context

v.9The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

v.10This passage

v.11Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 27:1

    And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

  • Revelation 2:3

    and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name’s sake, and hast not grown weary.

  • Revelation 2:13

    I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

  • Job 4:5

    But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  • Jeremiah 51:46

    And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

  • Isaiah 40:28

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

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