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Proverbs 10:25

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10:25When the storm93 passes through, the wicked are swept away,94

but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.95

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Footnotes

  1. 93 The word for “storm wind” comes from the root סוּף (suf, “to come to an end; to cease”). The noun may then describe the kind of storm that makes an end of things, a “whirlwind” (so , ; “cyclone”). It is used in prophetic passages that describe swift judgment and destruction.
  2. 94 Heb “the wicked are not”; , , “is no more.”
  3. 95 Heb “a foundation forever”; “have a lasting foundation.” The metaphor compares the righteous to an everlasting foundation to stress that they are secure when the catastrophes of life come along. He is fixed in a covenantal relationship and needs not to fear passing misfortunes. The wicked has no such security.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more,

but the righteous is established forever.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,

but the righteous stand firm forever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the whirlwind passes,

the wicked are no more,

but the righteous are secure forever.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away,

but the godly have a lasting foundation.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness,

but the righteous have a foundation forever.

KJV 1900King James Version

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more:

But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.