The Meaning of Proverbs 1:27 Explained

Proverbs 1:27

KJV: When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

YLT: When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.

Darby: when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

ASV: When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 1:27?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 1:27 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:27 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 1:27?

What is the context of Proverbs 1:27?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

What does Proverbs 1:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 1:20-33 - The Call Of Wisdom

The word Wisdom and the description of her standing atthe head of the noisy streets-see Proverbs 1:21, r.v., margin-remind us of our Lord, who, as the Word of God, stood and cried, John 7:37. It is a remarkable picture of the world as it is today. The streets filled with traffickers, with the bawling of wares, with the crowds of idle sightseers, and amid it all the ringing appeal of Christ to the heart of man! But the scorners deride and mock, while fools hate the speaker and threaten his life. Yet there is no crowded thoroughfare in the world from which the Spirit of God is absent. See Matthew 22:1-10.

The two results that divide the hearers are set forth in words that are always receiving verification. The day of calamity, when banks suspend payment, and the boldest speculators lose heart, breaks suddenly on the worldling. He has no hiding-place, no second line of defense, no spiritual treasure; and is like a drowning sailor in a tempestuous sea. But "Wisdom is justified of all her children," for they dwell safely. See Proverbs 1:33 and Luke 7:35. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 1

¹ The use of the proverbs
⁷ An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word
¹⁰ to avoid the enticing of sinners
²⁰ Wisdom complains of her contempt
²⁴ She threatens her contemners

What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:27 mean?

When comes - like a storm your terror and your destruction like a whirlwind comes when come upon you distress and anguish

בְּבֹ֤א [כשאוה] (כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה ׀) פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה

בְּבֹ֤א	When comes
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
[כשאוה]	-
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular
(כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה ׀)	like a storm
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular Root: שַׁאֲוָה Sense: devastating storm.
פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם	your terror
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural Root: פַּחַד Sense: terror, dread.
וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם	and your destruction
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: אֵיד Sense: distress, burden, calamity.
כְּסוּפָ֣ה	like a whirlwind
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular Root: סוּפָה Sense: storm-wind.
יֶאֱתֶ֑ה	comes
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָתָה Sense: to come, arrive.
בְּבֹ֥א	when come
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם	upon you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
צָרָ֥ה	distress
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: צָרָה Sense: straits, distress, trouble.
וְצוּקָֽה	and anguish
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular Root: צֹוק Sense: constraint, distress, strait.

What are the major concepts related to Proverbs 1:27?

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