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Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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גַּםgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.אֲ֭נִיanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.בְּאֵידְכֶ֣םbeeydkhemin calamityאֵידpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “in calamity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH343oppression; by implication misfortune, ruincalamity, destruction.אֶשְׂחָ֑קeschaqlaughשָׂחַקverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “laugh”, an unfinished actionH7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to playderide, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.אֶ֝לְעַ֗גelaghave in derisionלָעַגverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “have in derision”, an unfinished actionH3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligiblyhave in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.בְּבֹ֣אbevoin to comeבּוֹאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in to come”, the to-form of the verbH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…פַחְדְּכֶֽםfachdekhemdreadפַּחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “dread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Young’s Literal Translation

I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,

World English Bible

I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,

Darby Translation

I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

Douay-Rheims

I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τοιγαροῦν κᾀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι, καταχαροῦμαι δὲ ἡνίκα ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος·