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Proverbs 24:17
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Don't be glad when your enemies meet disaster, and don't rejoice when they stumble.Bible Study Resources
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- DailyParallel Translations
Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Don't be happy when your enemy is defeated; don't be glad when he is overwhelmed.
Do not rejoice and gloat when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad [in self-righteousness] when he stumbles,
Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
When your enemy falls, do not be glad,And when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice;
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
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Don't be happy to see your enemies trip and fall down.Don't rejoice when your enemy falls; don't let your heart be glad when he stumbles.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
Don't be happy when your enemy has troubles. Don't be glad when they fall.
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice; when he trips himself, may your heart not be glad
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Reioyce not thou at ye fall of thine enemie, and let not thine herte be glad whan he stombleth.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
Reioyce not when thine enemie falleth: and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemie, and let not thyne heart be glad when he stumbleth:
If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he is overthrown:
Whanne thin enemye fallith, haue thou not ioye; and thin herte haue not ful out ioiyng in his fal;
Don't rejoice when your enemy falls, And don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Don't rejoice when your enemies fall; don't be happy when they stumble.
Do not be full of joy when the one who hates you falls. Do not let your heart be glad when he trips.
Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble,
When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:
When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles;
In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
28 Don't laugh when your enemy falls; don't crow over his collapse. God might see, and become very provoked, and then take pity on his plight.
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
Contextual Overview
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Don't be glad when your enemies meet disaster, and don't rejoice when they stumble. 18 The Lord will know if you are gloating, and he will not like it; and then maybe he won't punish them.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 17:5, Judges 16:25, 2 Samuel 16:5-14, Job 31:29, Psalms 35:15, Psalms 35:19, Psalms 42:10, Obadiah 1:12, 1 Corinthians 13:6, 1 Corinthians 13:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:4 - General Judges 16:23 - to rejoice 2 Samuel 1:12 - General 2 Samuel 3:32 - lifted Psalms 70:3 - aha Proverbs 25:21 - General Isaiah 14:29 - Rejoice Jeremiah 48:27 - was not Ezekiel 25:3 - thou saidst Ezekiel 25:6 - rejoiced Ezekiel 36:5 - with the Micah 7:8 - Rejoice Luke 6:27 - Love Luke 10:34 - went Romans 12:19 - avenge 1 Thessalonians 5:15 - none Revelation 11:10 - rejoice
Cross-References
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in everything he did.
Abraham answered, "Make sure that you don't send my son back there!
The Lord , the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and from the land of my relatives, and he solemnly promised me that he would give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel before you, so that you can get a wife there for my son.
The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a drink of water from your jar."
She said, "Drink, sir," and quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and held it while he drank.
"The Lord has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.
So Elijah went to Zarephath, and as he came to the town gate, he saw a widow gathering firewood. "Please bring me a drink of water," he said to her.
give water to the thirsty people who come to you. You people of the land of Tema, give food to the refugees.
On the day when the forts of your enemies are captured and their people are killed, streams of water will flow from every mountain and every hill.
they will never be hungry or thirsty. Sun and desert heat will not hurt them, for they will be led by one who loves them. He will lead them to springs of water.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,.... These words are spoken not to the wicked man, Proverbs 24:15; but to the just man, or Solomon's son, or the children of Wisdom; for by the "enemy" is meant such who are at enmity with the people of God, as the seed of the serpent, and those after the flesh, are: and when these "fall", saints should not "rejoice"; as when they fall into sin; for so to do would be to act as wicked "charity [which] rejoiceth not in iniquity",
1 Corinthians 13:6: or rather when they fill into calamity and distress; for this is also the part which wicked men act towards the people of God, and should not be imitated in; see Obadiah 1:12. Joy may be expressed at the fall of the public enemies of God and his people, as was by the Israelites at the destruction of Pharaoh and his host, Exodus 15:1; and as will be by the church at the destruction of antichrist, and which they are called upon to do, Revelation 18:20; partly on account of their own deliverance and safety, and chiefly because of the glory of God, and of his justice displayed therein; see
Psalms 58:10; but as private revenge is not to be sought, nor acted, so joy at the calamity and ruin of a private enemy, or a man's own enemy, should not be expressed; but rather he is to be pitied and helped; see
Proverbs 25:21; for to love an enemy, and show regard to him, is the doctrine both of the Old and of the New Testament;
and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth; even secret joy should not be indulged, gladness in the heart, though it does not appear in the countenance, and is not expressed in words; no, not at the least appearance of mischief, when he only stumbles and is ready to fall; and much less should there be exultation and rejoicings made in an open manner at the utter ruin of him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 24:17. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, (into this mischief,) and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth — When he meets with any thing that injures him; for God will not have thee to avenge thyself, or feel any disposition contrary to love; for if thou do, the Lord will be angry, and may turn away his wrath from him, and pour it out on thee.
This I believe to be the true sense of these verses: but we must return to the sixteenth, as that has been most sinfully misrepresented.
For a just man falleth seven times. - That is, say many, "the most righteous man in the world sins seven times a day on an average." Solomon does not say so: -
1. There is not a word about sin in the text.
2. The word day is not in the Hebrew text, nor in any of the versions.
3. The word ×פ×× yippol, from × ×¤× naphal, to fall, is never applied to sin.
4. When set in opposition to the words riseth up, it merely applies to affliction or calamity. See Micah 7:8; Amos 8:4; Jeremiah 25:27; and Psalms 34:19; Psalms 34:20. "The righteous falls into trouble." See above.
Mr. Holden has a very judicious note on this passage: "Injure not a righteous man; for, though he frequently falls into distress, yet, by the superintending care of Providence, 'he riseth up again,' is delivered from his distress, while the wicked are overwhelmed with their misfortunes. That this is the meaning is plain from the preceding and following verses: yet some expound it by the just man often relapsing into sin, and recovering from it; nay, it has even been adduced to prove the doctrine of the final perseverance of the elect. But × ×¤× is never used for falling into sin, but into distress and affliction - as Proverbs 11:5; Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 26:27; Proverbs 28:10; Proverbs 28:14; Proverbs 28:18."
