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Proverbs 24:17–18

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Saying 28

Do not gloatf when your enemies fall;

when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,g

or the Lord will see and disapprove

and turn his wrath away from them.h

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Cross references

  1. fOb 1:12
  2. g 2Sa 3:32; Mic 7:8
  3. h Job 31:29

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,

and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,

lest the Lord see it and be displeased,

and turn away his anger from him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not gloat when your enemy falls;

when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,

or the Lord will see and disapprove

and turn his wrath away from them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,

and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

or the Lord will see, be displeased,

and turn his wrath away from him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall;

don’t be happy when they stumble.

For the Lord will be displeased with you

and will turn his anger away from them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

While your enemies are falling, do not rejoice;

when he trips himself, may your heart not be glad

lest Yahweh see and it be evil in his eyes,

and turn his anger away from him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,

And let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him,

And he turn away his wrath from him.