King James Version
Proverbs 6:15 in the King James Version says “Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.”
Proverbs 6:15 · KJV
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord . soweth: Heb. casteth forth
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto: Heb. of his soul
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A proud: Heb. Haughty eyes
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“suddenly”
H6621a wink, i.e., moment (used only [with or without preposition] adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly)
“without remedy”
H4832properly, curative, i.e., literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
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