Proverbs

Proverbs 1:26–27

26in turn I will mock your calamity;

I will sneer when terror strikes you,

27when your dread comes like a storm,

and your destruction like a whirlwind,

when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

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Proverbs 1:26

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
in turnגַּם־gam-ConjunctionH1571 also, moreover, yea
Iאֲ֭נִי’ă·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
will mockאֶשְׂחָ֑ק’eś·ḥāqVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH7832 laugh
your calamityבְּאֵידְכֶ֣םbə·’ê·ḏə·ḵemPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine pluralH343 distress, calamity
I will sneerאֶ֝לְעַ֗ג’el·‘aḡVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH3932 mock, deride
when terrorפַחְדְּכֶֽם׃p̄aḥ·də·ḵemNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine pluralH6343 dread
strikes youבְּבֹ֣אbə·ḇōPreposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH935 come in, come, go in, go

Proverbs 1:27

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
when your dreadפַּחְדְּכֶ֗םpaḥ·də·ḵemNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine pluralH6343 dread
comesבְּבֹ֤אbə·ḇōPreposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH935 come in, come, go in, go
like a stormכְשַׁאֲוָהḵə·ša·ʾă·wå̄hPreposition-k; Noun - feminine singularH7584 devastating storm
and your destructionוְֽ֭אֵידְכֶםwə·’ê·ḏə·ḵemConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH343 distress, calamity
like a whirlwindכְּסוּפָ֣הkə·sū·p̄āhPreposition-k; Noun - feminine singularH5492 storm-wind
when distressצָרָ֥הṣā·rāhNoun - feminine singularH6869 id.
and anguishוְצוּקָֽה׃wə·ṣū·qāhConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH6695 constraint, distress
overwhelm youבְּבֹ֥אbə·ḇōPreposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH935 come in, come, go in, go

Cross-references

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Proverbs 1:26 Proverbs 10:24 · Psalm 37:13 · Psalm 2:4 · Proverbs 6:15 · Luke 14:24

Proverbs 1:27 Proverbs 3:25–26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.