Proverbs 24:22
New English Translation
22 for suddenly their destruction will overtake them,[a]
and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:22 tn Heb “will rise” (so NASB).
- Proverbs 24:22 tn Heb “the ruin of the two of them.” Judgment is sent on the rebels both by God and the king. The term פִּיד (pid, “ruin; disaster”) is a metonymy of effect, the cause being the sentence of judgment (= “ruinous judgment” in the translation; cf. NLT “punishment”). The word “two of them” is a subjective genitive—they two bring the disaster on the rebels. The referents (the Lord and the king) have been specified in the translation for clarity.sn The reward for living in peace under God in this world is that those who do will escape the calamities that will fall on the rebellious. Verse 21a is used in 1 Peter 2:17, and v. 22 is used in Romans 13:1-7 (v. 4). This is the thirtieth and last of this collection.
Proverbs 24:22
New International Version
22 for those two will send sudden destruction(A) on them,
and who knows what calamities they can bring?
Proverbs 24:22
King James Version
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
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Proverbs 24:22
New King James Version
22 For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin those two can bring?
Proverbs 24:22
English Standard Version
22 for disaster will arise suddenly from them,
and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
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