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Proverbs 1:25–26

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1:25because123 you neglected124 all my advice,

and did not comply125 with my rebuke,

1:26so126 I myself will laugh127 when disaster strikes you,128

I will mock when what you dread129 comes,

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Footnotes

  1. 123 Heb “and.”
  2. 124 The verb III פָּרַע means “to let go; to let alone” ( 828 ). It can refer to unkempt hair of the head (Lev 10:6) or lack of moral restraint: “to let things run free” (Exod 32:25; Prov 28:19). Here it means “to avoid, neglect” the offer of wisdom ( 829 2).
  3. 125 The verbs are characteristic perfects or indefinite pasts. For the word “comply, consent,” see 1:20.
  4. 126 The conclusion or apodosis is now introduced.
  5. 127 Laughing at the consequences of the fool’s rejection of wisdom does convey hardness against the fool; it reveals the folly of rejecting wisdom (e.g., Ps 2:4). It vindicates wisdom and the appropriateness of the disaster (D. Kidner, Proverbs [], ).
  6. 128 Heb “at your disaster.” The 2nd person masculine singular suffix is either (1) a genitive of worth: “the disaster due you” or (2) an objective genitive: “disaster strikes you.” The term “disaster” (אֵיד, ’ed) often refers to final life-ending calamity (Prov 6:15; 24:22; 15 3). The preposition ב (bet) focuses upon time here.
  7. 129 Heb “your dread” (so ); “your fear”; “panic.” The 2nd person masculine singular suffix is a subjective genitive: “that which you dread.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

because you have ignored all my counsel

and would have none of my reproof,

I also will laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when terror strikes you,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

since you disregard all my advice

and do not accept my rebuke,

I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;

I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

since you neglected all my counsel

and did not accept my correction,

I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity.

I will mock when terror strikes you,

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

You ignored my advice

and rejected the correction I offered.

So I will laugh when you are in trouble!

I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You have ignored all my counsel,

and my reproof you are not willing to accept.

I will also laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when panic comes upon you.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

But ye have set at nought all my counsel,

And would none of my reproof:

I also will laugh at your calamity;

I will mock when your fear cometh;

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