Proverbs 24:22

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
for destruction will come suddenly from them;who knows what distress these two can bring?

Hebrew Names Version
For their calamity will rise suddenly; The destruction from them both -- who knows?

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

English Standard Version
for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

New American Standard Bible
For their disaster will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin that can come from both of them?

New Century Version
The Lord and the king will quickly destroy such people. Those two can cause great disaster!

Amplified Bible
For their tragedy will rise suddenly, And who knows the punishment that both [the LORD and the king] will bring on the rebellious?

World English Bible
For their calamity will rise suddenly; The destruction from them both -- who knows?

Geneva Bible (1587)
For their destruction shal rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?

Legacy Standard Bible
For suddenly their disaster will rise,And who knows the upheaval that comes from both of them?

Berean Standard Bible
For those two will bring sudden destruction; who knows what ruin they can bring?

Contemporary English Version
Who knows what sudden disaster the Lord or a ruler might bring?

Complete Jewish Bible
For disaster from them will suddenly appear, and who knows what ruin they both can cause?

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

Easy-to-Read Version
because people like that can quickly be destroyed. You have no idea how much trouble God and the king can make for their enemies.

George Lamsa Translation
For their calamity shall come suddenly; and who knows the end of their years?

Good News Translation
such people could be ruined in a moment. Do you realize the disaster that God or the king can cause?

Lexham English Bible
For suddenly their disaster will come, and the ruin of both of them, who knows?

Literal Translation
for their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin of both of them?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for their destruccion shal come sodenly, & who knoweth ye fall of the both?

American Standard Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

Bible in Basic English
For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin from them both?

King James Version (1611)
For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For their destruction shall rise sodainlye: and who knoweth the aduersitie that may come from them both?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance inflicted by both?

English Revised Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the destruction of them both?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For her perdicioun schal rise togidere sudenli, and who knowith the fal of euer either?

Update Bible Version
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knows it?

Webster's Bible Translation
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

New English Translation
for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?

New King James Version
For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin those two can bring?

New Living Translation
for disaster will hit them suddenly. Who knows what punishment will come from the Lord and the king?

New Life Bible
For their trouble will rise up all at once, and who knows how much both of them will destroy?

New Revised Standard
for disaster comes from them suddenly, and who knows the ruin that both can bring?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?

Revised Standard Version
for disaster from them will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

Young's Literal Translation
For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both -- who knoweth!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

Contextual Overview

²¹30 Fear God , dear child—respect your leaders; don't be defiant or mutinous. Without warning your life can turn upside down, and who knows how or when it might happen? It's wrong, very wrong, to go along with injustice. Whoever whitewashes the wicked gets a black mark in the history books, But whoever exposes the wicked will be thanked and rewarded. An honest answer is like a warm hug. First plant your fields; then build your barn. Don't talk about your neighbors behind their backs— no slander or gossip, please. Don't say to anyone, "I'll get back at you for what you did to me. I'll make you pay for what you did!" One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones, and then passed the vineyard of a lout; They were overgrown with weeds, thick with thistles, all the fences broken down. I took a long look and pondered what I saw; the fields preached me a sermon and I listened: "A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next? Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, with poverty as your permanent houseguest!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their: Numbers 16:31-35, 1 Samuel 31:1-7, 2 Samuel 18:7, 2 Samuel 18:8, 2 Chronicles 13:16, 2 Chronicles 13:17, Hosea 5:11, Hosea 13:10, Hosea 13:11

who: Proverbs 16:14, Proverbs 20:2, Psalms 90:11

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:1 - he blew 2 Samuel 20:12 - General Ecclesiastes 8:7 - he knoweth

Cross-References

Genesis 24:2
Abraham spoke to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh and swear by God —God of Heaven, God of Earth—that you will not get a wife for my son from among the young women of the Canaanites here, but will go to the land of my birth and get a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn oath.

Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of his master's camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. Outside the city, he made the camels kneel at a well. It was evening, the time when the women came to draw water. He prayed, "O God , God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."

Genesis 24:15
It so happened that the words were barely out of his mouth when Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel whose mother was Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with a water jug on her shoulder. The girl was stunningly beautiful, a pure virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up. The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please, can I have a sip of water from your jug?"

Esther 5:1
Three days later Esther dressed in her royal robes and took up a position in the inner court of the palace in front of the king's throne room. The king was on his throne facing the entrance. When he noticed Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased to see her; the king extended the gold scepter in his hand. Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. The king asked, "And what's your desire, Queen Esther? What do you want? Ask and it's yours—even if it's half my kingdom!"

1 Peter 3:8
Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless—that's your job, to bless. You'll be a blessing and also get a blessing. Whoever wants to embrace life and see the day fill up with good, Here's what you do: Say nothing evil or hurtful; Snub evil and cultivate good; run after peace for all you're worth. God looks on all this with approval, listening and responding well to what he's asked; But he turns his back on those who do evil things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For their calamity shall rise suddenly,.... And come upon those that fear not God, and rebel against the king and the state, and innovate in matters of religion; and especially that bring in damnable heresies, and, while they cry Peace, peace, and are pleasing themselves with their new schemes and prosperous success, swift and sudden destruction comes upon them, 2 Peter 2:1;

and who knoweth the ruin of them both? of those that fear not the Lord, nor the king; or of those who are given to change, and innovate in things civil and religious; and of those who meddle with them and join themselves to them: the ruin of themselves and families, in a civil sense, is great and inexpressible, who rebel against their prince, and endeavour to change and subvert the present government; and the ruin of the souls of men, both of the deceivers and the deceived, is beyond all conception and expression.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Both - Those who fear not God, and those who fear not the king.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 24:22. The ruin of them both? — Of them who do not fear the LORD; and of them that do not reverence the KING.