Proverbs 24:22

Translations

Modern

For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

Traditional

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Literal

…for suddenly their downfall will arise, and the ruin of them both—who knows?

Latin

…quoniam repente consurget perditio eorum, et ruinam utriusque quis novit?

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

Notes

Proverbs 24:21–22

Saying 30: The king is linked to the Lord, showing his power and rule on earth (see 1 Samuel 12; Psalm 2).

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

Related verses

Psalm 90:11
Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
2 Samuel 18:7–8
There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
2 Chronicles 13:16–17
So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Numbers 16:31–35
As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,
1 Samuel 31:1–7
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Hosea 13:10–11
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

Glossary

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Topics

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