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when distress and anguish cometh upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When your dread comes like a storm And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, When distress <i>and</i> anguish come on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When your dread comes like a storm And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When your dread <i>and</i> panic come like a storm, And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when trouble and stress overcome you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when trouble and stress overcome you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />or when trouble and distress surround you like a whirlwind, I will laugh and make fun. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When your fear cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />when panic strikes you like a violent storm, when calamity strikes you like a wind storm, when trouble and anguish come to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />when it comes on you like a storm, bringing fierce winds of trouble, and you are in pain and misery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When your fear comes as destruction, "" And your calamity comes as a windstorm, "" When adversity and distress come on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In your terror coming as a destroying tempest, and your ruin shall come as a whirlwind; in the coming upon you of straits and distress.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />When sudden calamity rushes upon you, and your demise advances like a tempest, when tribulation and anguish overcome you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When terror comes upon you like a storm, and your doom approaches like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish befall you.’ <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And your destruction will come like a hurricane, and when trouble and adversity comes against them,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When your dread cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When trouble and distress come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and <i>your</i> overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/1-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=169" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">Wisdom Calls Aloud</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6343.htm" title="6343: paḥ·də·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Dread. From pachad; a alarm.">when your dread</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">comes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7584.htm" title="7584: ḵə·ša·ʾă·wå̄h (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- A devastating storm. From sha'ah; a tempest.">like a storm,</a> <a href="/hebrew/343.htm" title="343: wə·’ê·ḏə·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Distress, calamity. From the same as 'uwd; oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin.">and your destruction</a> <a href="/hebrew/857.htm" title="857: ye·’ĕ·ṯeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come. Or matha; a primitive root; to arrive."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5492.htm" title="5492: kə·sū·p̄āh (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- A storm wind. From cuwph; a hurricane.">like a whirlwind,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: ṣā·rāh (N-fs) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">when distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/6695.htm" title="6695: wə·ṣū·qāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Constraint, distress. Or tsuwqah; from tsuwq; a strait, i.e. distress.">and anguish</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">overwhelm you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a></span><br />But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Isaiah 28:17-18</a></span><br />I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place. / Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a></span><br />They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a></span><br />Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/27-20.htm">Job 27:20-21</a></span><br />Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. / The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20</a></span><br />Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13</a></span><br />this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-30</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. / It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a></span><br />But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19</a></span><br />How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6-8</a></span><br />Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-8.htm">Nahum 1:8</a></span><br />But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When your fear comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes on you.</p><p class="hdg">your fear</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Proverbs 3:25,26</a></b></br> Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/10-24.htm">Proverbs 10:24,25</a></b></br> The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-22.htm">Psalm 69:22-28</a></b></br> Let their table become a snare before them: and <i>that which should have been</i> for <i>their</i> welfare, <i>let it become</i> a trap… </p><p class="hdg">as a</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9</a></b></br> Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in <i>his</i> wrath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a></b></br> The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but <i>God</i> shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit <i>the wicked</i>: the LORD <i>hath</i> his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds <i>are</i> the dust of his feet.</p><p class="hdg">distress</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23-25</a></b></br> But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/2-9.htm">Romans 2:9</a></b></br> Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/119-143.htm">Adversity</a> <a href="/psalms/119-143.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/psalms/144-14.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Dread</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/psalms/83-15.htm">Hurricane</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Overtakes</a> <a href="/psalms/140-9.htm">Overwhelm</a> <a href="/psalms/119-143.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Panic</a> <a href="/psalms/78-20.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/psalms/139-24.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/psalms/107-29.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/psalms/69-2.htm">Sweeps</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/psalms/148-8.htm">Whirlwind</a> <a href="/psalms/148-8.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/13-17.htm">Adversity</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-6.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-32.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-8.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-33.htm">Dread</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Hurricane</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Overtakes</a> <a href="/songs/6-5.htm">Overwhelm</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-12.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Panic</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-15.htm">Rushing</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-1.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-23.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-23.htm">Sweeps</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Whirlwind</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-29.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-1.htm">The use of the proverbs</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">to avoid the enticing of sinners</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Wisdom complains of her contempt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">She threatens her contemners</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>when your dread comes like a storm</b><br>This phrase evokes the sudden and overwhelming nature of fear and judgment. In biblical context, storms often symbolize God's power and judgment (e.g., <a href="/job/38.htm">Job 38:1</a>, <a href="/psalms/107-29.htm">Psalm 107:29</a>). The imagery of a storm suggests an unavoidable and intense experience, reflecting the consequences of ignoring wisdom. The Hebrew word for "dread" can also imply terror or fear, indicating a deep, unsettling anxiety that comes upon those who reject divine instruction. This aligns with the broader biblical theme that those who do not heed God's wisdom will face inevitable consequences (<a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-26</a>).<p><b>and your destruction like a whirlwind</b><br>The whirlwind is a powerful and destructive force, often used in scripture to describe God's judgment (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Jeremiah 23:19</a>). It signifies sudden and complete devastation. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, whirlwinds were feared natural phenomena, representing chaos and divine intervention. This phrase underscores the severity of the consequences for ignoring wisdom, as destruction is not only certain but also swift and overwhelming. The use of "your" personalizes the judgment, emphasizing individual responsibility and accountability.<p><b>when distress and anguish overwhelm you</b><br>Distress and anguish are emotional states that result from dire circumstances, often used in the Bible to describe the experience of those under God's judgment (e.g., <a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Deuteronomy 28:65-67</a>, <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Lamentations 1:20</a>). The terms suggest a deep, internal suffering that accompanies external calamity. The word "overwhelm" indicates a complete and overpowering experience, leaving no room for escape or relief. This reflects the biblical principle that rejecting wisdom leads to a life filled with turmoil and suffering. The connection to other scriptures, such as the warnings in Deuteronomy, highlights the consistent message of the consequences of disobedience throughout the Bible.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He wrote Proverbs to impart wisdom and understanding.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_simple_and_the_foolish.htm">The Simple and the Foolish</a></b><br>These are the primary audiences addressed in <a href="/bsb/proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs 1</a>. The simple are those who are naive and lack discernment, while the foolish are those who reject wisdom and instruction.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wisdom.htm">Wisdom</a></b><br>Personified as a woman calling out in the streets, wisdom represents God's truth and guidance available to all who seek it.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_storm_and_whirlwind.htm">The Storm and Whirlwind</a></b><br>Metaphors for sudden and overwhelming calamity that befalls those who reject wisdom.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/distress_and_anguish.htm">Distress and Anguish</a></b><br>Emotional and spiritual turmoil that results from ignoring God's wisdom and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignoring_wisdom.htm">The Consequences of Ignoring Wisdom</a></b><br>Ignoring God's wisdom leads to inevitable calamity and distress. Just as a storm or whirlwind comes suddenly, so do the consequences of rejecting divine guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_seeking_wisdom.htm">The Urgency of Seeking Wisdom</a></b><br>Wisdom is available to all, but it must be sought earnestly. The time to seek wisdom is now, before calamity strikes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_true_security.htm">The Nature of True Security</a></b><br>True security is found in heeding God's wisdom and instruction. Earthly security is fleeting and unreliable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_fear_in_wisdom.htm">The Role of Fear in Wisdom</a></b><br>A healthy fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. This fear is not terror but reverence and awe that leads to obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_turning_to_god.htm">Repentance and Turning to God</a></b><br>Even if one has ignored wisdom in the past, there is always an opportunity to repent and turn back to God, who is merciful and forgiving.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_tomorrow.htm">What does fearing God mean about avoiding extremes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/always_ready_for_any_situation.htm">How can we avoid giving place to the devil?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_proverbs_29_1_align_with_psychology.htm">Proverbs 29:1 warns abrupt destruction for ignoring correction; is this compatible with psychological research on human behavior and free will?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_evil.htm">Why does God permit the existence of evil?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When your fear cometh as desolation.</span> The imagery in this verse is borrowed from nature - from the tempest and whirlwind, which, in their impetuous fury, involve all in irretrievable ruin. The two leading ideas here in the writer's mind are calamity and fear. These - their fear, that which causes their fear; and their destruction, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> calamity - both representing Wisdom's, and so God's, judgment, will come on sinners as a wasting tempest and sweeping hurricane. The terror and devastation caused by these latter as they pass over the face of nature are employed to depict the alarm and ruin of sinners. <span class="cmt_word">Desolation</span>; <span class="hebrew">שַׁאֲוָה</span> (<span class="accented">shaavah</span>) is a wasting, crashing tempest (cf. <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Proverbs 3:25</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a>), derived from <span class="hebrew">שָׁאַה</span> (<span class="accented">shaah</span>). "to make a crash," as of a house falling. The Vulgate reads, <span class="accented">repentura calamitas</span>; the LXX., <span class="greek">ἄφνω</span> <span class="greek">θόρυβος</span>; both bringing out the idea of suddenness, and the latter that of the uproar of the tempest. The Khetib, or traditional text of the manuscripts (<span class="hebrew">כְשַׁאֲוָה</span>), is equivalent to the Keri, or emended reading (<span class="hebrew">כְשׁואָה</span>), and both appear to have the same root meaning. <span class="cmt_word">Destruction</span> (<span class="hebrew">אֵיד</span>, <span class="accented">eyd</span>); the same as "calamity ' in the preceding verse. <span class="cmt_word">Whirlwind</span>; <span class="hebrew">סוּפָה</span> (suphah), from the root <span class="hebrew">סוּפ</span> (<span class="accented">suph</span>), "to snatch, or carry away," means a whirlwind carrying everything before it - the <span class="greek">καταγίς</span> of the LXX., or hurricane, as in Arist., 'Mund.,' 4, 16. Distress and anguish (<span class="hebrew">צָרָה וְצוּקָה</span>, <span class="accented">tsarah v'tzukah</span>). A corresponding alliteration occurs in <a href="/isaiah/30-6.htm">Isaiah 30:6</a> and <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a>. The root signification of the former is that of compression, reproduced in the LXX. <span class="greek">θλίψις</span>, and the Vulgate <span class="accented">tribulatio</span>; that of the latter is narrowness. LXX., <span class="greek">πολιορκία</span>, "a beleaguering;" VUlgate, <span class="accented">angustga.</span> The LXX. adds, at the close of this verse, <span class="greek">η} ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν</span> <span class="greek">ὅλεθρος</span> as explanatory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/1-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">when your dread</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(paḥ·də·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6343.htm">Strong's 6343: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, alarm</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comes</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a storm,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·šō·w·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7584.htm">Strong's 7584: </a> </span><span class="str2">A devastating storm</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your destruction</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·ḏə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_343.htm">Strong's 343: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oppression, misfortune, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a whirlwind,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּסוּפָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(kə·sū·p̄āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5492.htm">Strong's 5492: </a> </span><span class="str2">A storm wind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when distress</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tightness, a female rival</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and anguish</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצוּקָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣū·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6695.htm">Strong's 6695: </a> </span><span class="str2">Constraint, distress</span><br /><br /><span class="word">overwhelm you.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 1:27 When calamity overtakes you like a storm (Prov. 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