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When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God. New Living Translation The wicked are crushed by disaster, but the godly have a refuge when they die. English Standard Version The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death. Berean Standard Bible
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But the contrast is better emphasized by taking ra in its...
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32 NASB - Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by...
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The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the...
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32 NIV - Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his...
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The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing: but the...
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The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but...
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Proverbs 14:32. ESV The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death. NIV When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God. NASB The wicked is thrust down by his own wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.
When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God. Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning and even among fools she lets herself be known. ...
Therefore the Lord has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
But the contrast is better emphasized by taking ra in its other sense of "calamity," "misfortune," thus: "In his calamity the wicked is cast down" (Proverbs 24:16). When misfortune comes upon him, he has no defence, no hope; he collapses utterly; all his friends forsake him; there is none to comfort or uphold him (comp. Matthew 7:26, 27 ).
The wicked is brought down in his calamity yet the righteous has a refuge even in death. VOICE The wicked are waylaid by their evil actions, but the right-living find hope’s sanctuary even in their death.
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Their camels shall become plunder, their herds of livestock a spoil. I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, declares the Lord.
