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Proverbs 10:25

When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Meteorology;   Righteous, the;   Righteous-Wicked;   Saints;   Whirlwind;   The Topic Concordance - Righteousness;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Foundation;   Wicked, the, Are Compared to;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Foundation;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Whirlwind;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahijah (the Prophet);   Clementina;   Eleazar I. (Lazar) (Eleazar B. Shammua');   James;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an euerlasting foundation.
Christian Standard Bible®
When the whirlwind passes,the wicked are no more,but the righteous are secure forever.
Hebrew Names Version
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Easy-to-Read Version
The wicked are destroyed when trouble comes, but good people stand strong forever.
Amplified Bible
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
American Standard Version
When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Contemporary English Version
Those crooks will disappear when a storm strikes, but God will keep safe all who obey him.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the storm has passed, the wicked are gone; but the righteous are firmly established forever.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
King James Version (1611)
As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an euerlasting foundation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.
English Revised Version
When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Berean Standard Bible
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
Lexham English Bible
With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness, but the righteous have a foundation forever.
Literal Translation
As the storm passes, so the wicked is not; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
New Century Version
A storm will blow the evil person away, but a good person will always be safe.
New English Translation
When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
New King James Version
When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
New Life Bible
When the storm passes, the sinful man is no more, but the man who is right with God has a place to stand forever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Like the passing away of a tempest, so the lawless one is not, but, the righteous, hath an age-abiding foundation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.
George Lamsa Translation
As the whirlwind passes suddenly, so wicked men shall perish and be no more; but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
Good News Translation
Storms come, and the wicked are blown away, but honest people are always safe.
New American Standard Bible
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
King James Version
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As the tempest, so passeth away the vngodly and is not: but the ryghteous remayneth sure for euer.
New Revised Standard
When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are established forever.
Darby Translation
As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no [more]; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
As a tempeste passynge, a wickid man schal not be; but a iust man schal be as an euerlastynge foundement.
Young's Literal Translation
As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.
World English Bible
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Revised Standard Version
When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established for ever.
Update Bible Version
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Webster's Bible Translation
As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
Bible in Basic English
When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The vngodly is like a tempest that passeth ouer & is nomore sene, but the rightuous remayneth sure for euer.
THE MESSAGE
When the storm is over, there's nothing left of the wicked; good people, firm on their rock foundation, aren't even fazed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Legacy Standard Bible
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

Contextual Overview

24 The fears of the wicked will be fulfilled; the hopes of the godly will be granted. 25 When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the whirlwind: Proverbs 1:27, Job 27:19-21, Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:10, Psalms 58:9, Psalms 73:18-20, Isaiah 40:24

an: Proverbs 10:30, Psalms 15:5, Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:25, Matthew 16:18, Ephesians 2:20, 1 Timothy 6:19, 2 Timothy 2:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:27 - underneath Proverbs 12:3 - shall not be established Proverbs 28:18 - walketh Jeremiah 23:19 - General Luke 6:48 - and laid 1 John 2:17 - abideth

Cross-References

Genesis 10:16
Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
Genesis 10:19
and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
Genesis 10:21
Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
Genesis 10:32
These are the clans that descended from Noah's sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.
1 Chronicles 1:19
Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means "division"), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother's name was Joktan.
Acts 17:26
From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more],.... The wicked themselves are like a whirlwind, noisy, boisterous, and blustering; such is the man of sin, who speaks like a dragon, breathing out slaughter and threatening against the saints; and so are his followers, fierce and heady, and like a whirlwind, pernicious and destructive, bearing down, carrying away, and destroying all before it; so the locusts of the bottomless pit, under their king Abaddon, or Apollyon, the destroyer; and all tyrannical persecutors, who are as the boar out of the forest, and the wild beast of the field: and these "pass away" like a whirlwind, swiftly, suddenly, and at once; now they are seen in great power and authority, and anon they are not any more, Jeremiah 4:13; as the whirlwind, which digs up the earth, makes a circle and buries itself in it; so the wicked dig a pit for others and fall into it themselves, Psalms 7:14; and as a whirlwind passes away to the joy of men, so when the wicked perish there is shouting; as will be at the destruction of antichrist more especially, Proverbs 11:10; and it is in the whirlwind and storm of divine wrath, which falls upon the head of the wicked, by which they are caused to pass away, Jeremiah 23:19; so that they are "not": not that they are annihilated at death, they will rise again and come to judgment, and live in torment for ever; when they pass away, they are somewhere; they are "not" indeed in the land of the living, in their own houses, as formerly, which will know them no more; they are not in their grandeur and prosperity, enjoying their riches and honour; but they are in their own place, in hell they lift up their eyes, though they wish they had no being;

but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation; he is in a firm and stable state here and hereafter; interested in everlasting love; in which he is rooted and grounded; secured in an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure; having a share in everlasting salvation, and eternal redemption wrought out by Christ; being justified by his everlasting righteousness, which will answer for him in a time to come; and a partaker of those graces of the Spirit, faith, hope, and love, which are a well of living water springing up to everlasting life; and having everlasting strength and everlasting consolation in Christ, and a title to eternal life through him. Or, "but the righteous [has] an everlasting foundation" t; the sense is the same; which foundation is not external privileges of birth and education, or a mere outward profession of religion, or works of righteousness done; these are not everlasting, but sandy foundations; but Christ is the righteous man's foundation, and he is the only one, 1 Corinthians 3:11. Some take the sense to be, the "righteous", that is, Jesus Christ the righteous, "is an everlasting foundation"; he is the foundation of the church, the rock on which it is built; he is the foundation of the apostles and prophets, on which they were laid, and by whom they are saved; he is the foundation of every particular believer, they are rooted and built up on him; he is the foundation of their faith, hope, love, peace, joy, and comfort, and of their eternal glory and happiness: and an "everlasting one" he is; he is so in his person as God-man; in his offices of Prophet, Priest, and King; in the efficacy of his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice; and is a foundation which is sure, and will never fail: he has been the foundation of his people in all ages; and he is the same today, yesterday, and for ever. Hence, though the wicked pass away as the whirlwind, and by one, the righteous shall not; they are on a foundation, and cannot be blown off of it by the storms and tempests of Satan's temptations, their own corruptions, the persecutions of men, the errors of the wicked, or by the whirlwind of divine wrath and vengeance. Some render it, "the righteous [is] the foundation of the world" u; the pillar and support of it; as the righteous are the salt of the earth, they are the stay of it: the whirlwind of God's wrath would tear up the course of nature, dissolve the earth, and all things in it, were it not for the sake of the righteous; and, when they are called and gathered in, there will be a general dissolution of all things, 2 Peter 3:9.

t וצדיק יסוד עולם "atjusti fandamentum perpetuum est", Tigurine versions; "justo vero sit, vel est fundamentum perpetuum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. u "Fundamentum mundi", Hebraei in Mercer. Maimonides apud Grotius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or, when the whirlwind is passing, then the wicked is no more. Compare Matthew 7:24-27.

The righteous ... - In the later rabbinic interpretation this was applied to the Messiah as being the Just One, the Everlasting Foundation, on whom the world was established.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 10:25. As the whirlwind passeth — As tornadoes that sweep every thing away before them; so shall the wrath of God sweep away the wicked; it shall leave him neither branch nor root. But the righteous, being built on the eternal foundation, יסוד עולם yesod olam, shall never be shaken.


 
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