Proverbs 6:15
in Proverbs 6Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
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ASV
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
KJV
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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This verse in Proverbs 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseTherefore shall his calamity come suddenly,.... Unthought of and unexpected: he that deviseth mischief to others secretly shall have no warning of his own ruin, nor time and means of preventing it; the destruction of antichrist will be sudden, and of all wicked men at the coming of Christ, 1Th 5:3; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy; or, "and there shall be no healing" (b): his bones will be broken to pieces, and there will be no cure for him; or he shall be like an earthen vessel, which, when broke, cannot be put together again.
This site's exposition
walks with a perverse mouth
on Proverbs 6:12-15
The worthless person is described by his body: “winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers,” signals that deceive. His end matches his method, for calamity comes “suddenly” on the man of hidden signals, and “in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery”.
This site's exposition
shattered beyond recovery
Gill reads beyond recovery as no healing, and he pictures a clay pot shattered past mending. The worthless man devised evil in secret. The one who devises evil for others is shattered himself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
God hates sin; he hates every sin; he can never be reconciled to it; he hates nothing but sin. But there are some sins which he does in a special manner hate; and all those here mentioned are such as are injurious to our neighbour.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Suddenly shall he be broken - Probably alluding to some punishment of the adulterer, such as being stoned to death. A multitude shall join together, and so overwhelm him with stones, that he shall have his flesh and bones broken to pieces, and there shall be no remedy - none to deliver or pity him.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The duper and the dupe shall share the same calamity.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֗ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| פִּ֭תְאֹם | pitom | suddenly | H6597 → | 25 times |
| יָב֣וֹא | yavo' | it will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵיד֑וֹ | ʾeido | disaster his | H343 → | 24 times |
| פֶּ֥תַע | peta' | an instant | H6621 → | |
| יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר | yishaver | he will be broken | H7665 → | 147 times |
| וְאֵ֣ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פ | marpe' | [will be] healing | H4832 → | 16 times |
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֗ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
פִּ֭תְאֹםsuddenly
pitomH6597 →25 times
יָב֣וֹאit will come
yavo'H935 →2568 times
אֵיד֑וֹdisaster his
ʾeidoH343 →24 times
פֶּ֥תַעan instant
peta'H6621 →
יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗רhe will be broken
yishaverH7665 →147 times
וְאֵ֣יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פ[will be] healing
marpe'H4832 →16 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.
it leads to
- Luke 21:34–35
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Matthew 24:37–39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:26–30
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Revelation 18:7–8
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow…
- Psalms 73:18–20
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Luke 21:34–35
Through
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.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:12–13
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
- 2 Chronicles 30:10
And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.
- Jeremiah 5:12–13
Through
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…
it leads to
- Psalms 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
- Psalms 2:9
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.