Proverbs 24 · Verse 10

Proverbs 24:10

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Proverbs 24:10, King James Version

Proverbs 24:10 in other translations

BSBIf you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
WEBIf you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
ASVIf thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
YLTThou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
DARBYIf thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
BBEIf you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
WebsterIf thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

What does Proverbs 24:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Literally, "If thou fail in the day of straits (adversity), strait (or, small) is thy strength," which is then truly tested.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 If thou faint - If thou give way to discouragement and despair in the day of adversity - time of trial or temptation. Thy strength is small - צר כחכה tsar cochachah, thy strength is contracted. So the old MS. Bible excellently: Gif sliden thou dispeire, in the dai of anguyfs, schal be made litil thy strengthe. In times of trial we should endeavor to be doubly courageous; when a man loses his courage, his strength avails him nothing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Under troubles we are apt to despair of relief. But be of good courage, and God shall strengthen thy heart.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 24:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָHit.ra.pi.tayou have shown yourself without courageH7503
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomin a day ofH3117
צָרָ֗הtza.RahtroubleH6869
צַ֣רtzar[is] narrowH6862
כֹּחֶֽכָה\׃ko.Che.khahstrength yourH3581

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 24:10

  • Isaiah 40:28-31

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  • Ephesians 3:13

    Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

  • Jeremiah 51:46

    And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

  • Hebrews 12:3-5

    For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

  • 1 Samuel 27:1

    And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

  • Job 4:5

    But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  • Revelation 2:3

    And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:1

    Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

  • Revelation 2:13

    I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou.
1Sa 27:1; Job 4:5; Isa 40:28-31; Joh 4:8; 2Co 4:1; Eph 3:13
Heb 12:3-5; Re 2:3,13
small. Heb. narrow.

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Context

  • Proverbs 24:9

    The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

  • Proverbs 24:10

    If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

  • Proverbs 24:11

    If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

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Proverbs 24:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si fueres flojo en el día de trabajo, tu fuerza será reducida.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si tu perds courage au jour de la détresse, ta force est mince.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Zeigst du dich schlaff am Tage der Drangsal, so ist deine Kraft gering.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si desperaveris lassus in die angustiæ, imminuetur fortitudo tua.