When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWhen your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.