Proverbs 24 · Verse 18

Proverbs 24:18

Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Proverbs 24:18, King James Version

Proverbs 24:18 in other translations

BSBor the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
WEBlest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
ASVLest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
YLTLest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
DARBYlest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.
BBEFor fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.
WebsterLest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

What does Proverbs 24:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:17-18

17-18. Yet let none rejoice over the fate of evildoers, lest God punish their wrong spirit by relieving the sufferer (compare Pr 17:5; Job 31:29).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 And he turn away his wrath from him - Wrath is here taken for the effect of wrath, punishment; and the meaning must be as paraphrased above - lest he take the punishment from him, and inflict it upon thee. And in this way Coverdale understood it: "Lest the Lorde be angry, and turn his wrath from him unto thee." Or we may understand it thus: Lest the Lord inflict on thee a similar punishment; for if thou get into his spirit, rejoicing in the calamities of another, thou deservest punishment.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:17-18

The pleasure we are apt to take in the troubles of an enemy is forbidden.

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Proverbs 24:18 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.

פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
יִרְאֶ֣הyir.'Ehhe should seeH7200
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְרַ֣עve.Ra'and it will be displeasingH7489
בְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ei.Navin view hisH5869
וְהֵשִׁ֖יבve.he.Shivand he will turn backH7725
מֵעָלָ֣יוme.'a.Lavfrom towards <the> himH5921
אַפּֽוֹ\׃'a.Poanger hisH639

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

Cross references for Proverbs 24:18

  • Lamentations 4:21-22

    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

  • Zechariah 1:15-16

    And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
displease him. Heb. be evil in his eyes. and he.
La 4:21,22; Zec 1:15,16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 24:17

    Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

  • Proverbs 24:18

    Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Proverbs 24:19

    Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

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Proverbs 24:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque Jehová no lo mire, y le desagrade, y aparte de sobre él su enojo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		de peur que l’ Éternel ne le voie, et que cela ne soit mauvais à ses yeux, et qu’il ne détourne de dessus lui sa colère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		damit Jehova es nicht sehe, und es böse sei in seinen Augen, und er seinen Zorn von ihm abwende.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ne forte videat Dominus, et displiceat ei, et auferat ab eo iram suam.