Proverbs Chapter 3 verse 25 Holy Bible
Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
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Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
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Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
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Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - Be not afraid; al-tirah, is literally "fear thou not," the future with al preceding being used for the imperative in a dehortative sense, as in Genesis 46:3; Job 3:4, 6, 7 (see Gesenius, 'Gram.,' § 127. 3, c); Vulgate, ne paveas. Others, however, render, as the LXX., οὐ φοβηθήσῃ, "Thou shalt not be afraid," in the sense of a promise. The verb yare, from which tirah, is here followed by min, as in Psalm 3:7; Psalm 27:1, and properly means "to be afraid from or before" some person or thing. Sudden; pithom, an adverb used adjectively (cf. like use of adverb khinnam in Proverbs 26:2). Fear (pakhad); as in Proverbs 1:16, the object which excites terror or fear, as any great disaster. The desolation of the wicked (shoath r'shaim) may be taken either (1) as the desolation made by the violence of the wicked, the desolation or strum which they raise against the righteous (so the LXX., Vulgate, Mariana, Michaelis, Hitzig, and others); or (2) the desolation which overtakes the wicked, the desolating vengeance executed upon them (so Doderlein, Lapide, Stuart, Muensch., Delitzsch, Wardlaw). The latter is probably the right interpretation, and agrees with the threatening language of Wisdom against her despisers, in Proverbs 1:27, where shdath also occurs. Iu the desolation which shall overwhelm the wicked he who has made Wisdom his guide shall be undismayed, for the Lord is his confidence. The passage was probably suggested by Proverbs 5:21, "Neither shalt thou be afraid of desolation when it cometh." Lee, in loc. cit., says the places are almost innumerable where this sentiment occurs. Compare the fearlessness of the man of integrity and justice, in Horace - "Si fractus illabatur orbis,Impavidum ferient ruinae."(Horace, 'Od.,' 3:3, 7, 8.) . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Desolation of the wicked.--That is, the storm which overwhelms them.
