Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Proverbs 1:26 in other translations
| BSB | in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, |
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| WEB | I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you, |
| ASV | I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; |
| YLT | I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh, |
| DARBY | I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh; |
| BBE | So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear; |
| Webster | I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; |
What does Proverbs 1:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 1:20-33
20-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1)…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33
Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners…
Proverbs 1:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 1:26
- Proverbs 10:24
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
- Psalms 37:13
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
- Psalms 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- Proverbs 6:15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
- Luke 14:24
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
- Judges 10:14
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
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Context
- Proverbs 1:25
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
- Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
- Proverbs 1:27
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Proverbs 1:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | También yo me reiré en vuestra calamidad, y me burlaré cuando os viniere lo que teméis; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | moi aussi je rirai lors de votre calamité, je me moquerai quand viendra votre frayeur, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so werde auch ich bei eurem Unglück lachen, werde spotten, wenn euer Schrecken kommt; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, et subsannabo cum vobis id quod timebatis advenerit. |