King James Version

Proverbs 3:25

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּ֭ירָאtirafearיָרֵאverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fear”, a wish or indirect commandH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).מִפַּ֣חַדmipachadfrom dreadפַּחַדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from dread”, the ordinary formH6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.פִּתְאֹ֑םpitomstraightwayפִּתְאוֹםadverb — “straightway”H6597instantlystraightway, sudden(-ly).וּמִשֹּׁאַ֥תumishoatand from desolateשׁוֹאconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and from desolate”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7722a tempest; by implication, devastationdesolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…תָבֹֽאtavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to 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,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

Young’s Literal Translation

Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.

World English Bible

Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;

Darby Translation

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;

Douay-Rheims

Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσῃ πτόησιν ἐπελθοῦσαν, οὐδὲ ὁρμὰς ἀσεβῶν ἐπερχομένας.