King James Version
Proverbs 24:10 in the King James Version says “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. small: Heb. narrow” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. small: Heb. narrow”
Proverbs 24:10 · KJV
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. small: Heb. narrow
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“thy strength”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
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