King James Version

Proverbs 1:27

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

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בְּבֹ֤אbevoin 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,…כשאוהkhshvhas desolationשַׁאֲוָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as desolation”, the ordinary formH7584a tempest (as rushing)desolation.כְשׁוֹאָ֨הkheshoahas desolateשׁוֹאpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as desolate”, the ordinary formH7722a tempest; by implication, devastationdesolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.פַּחְדְּכֶ֗םpachdekhemdreadפַּחַדnoun, 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.וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶםveeydkhemand calamityאֵידconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and calamity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH343oppression; by implication misfortune, ruincalamity, destruction.כְּסוּפָ֣הkesufahas stormסוּפָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as storm”, the ordinary formH5492a hurricaneRed Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.יֶאֱתֶ֑הyeetehcomeאָתָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “come”, an unfinished actionH857to arrive(be-, things to) come (upon), bring.בְּבֹ֥אbevoin 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,…עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗םaleykhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…צָרָ֥הtsarahtroubleצָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “trouble”, the ordinary formH6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.וְצוּקָֽהvetsuqahand anguishצוֹקconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and anguish”, the ordinary formH6695a strait, i.e. (figuratively) distressanguish, [idiom] troublous.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

Young’s Literal Translation

When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.

World English Bible

when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.

Darby Translation

when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

Douay-Rheims

When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὡς ἂν ἀφίκηται ὑμῖν ἄφνω θόρυβος, ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ὁμοίως καταιγίδι παρῇ, καὶ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν θλίψις καὶ πολιορκία, ἢ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος.