Proverbs 10:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּעֲב֣וֹר ס֭וּפָה וְאֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝צַדִּ֗יק יְס֣וֹד עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

kaʿăbôr sûpāh wə-ʾên rāšāʿ wə-ṣaddîq yəsôd ʿôlām

Grammar Details

• *kaʿăbôr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - when passes
• *sûpāh*: feminine singular noun - whirlwind/storm
• *wə-ʾên*: conjunction + particle of negation - and is no more
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - wicked
• *wə-ṣaddîq*: conjunction + masculine singular adjective - but righteous
• *yəsôd*: masculine singular construct - foundation of
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - everlasting/perpetuity

Word Meanings

• *ʿăbôr*: passes/goes by/crosses over
• *sûpāh*: whirlwind/storm/tempest
• *ʾên*: is no more/nothing/absence
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked/evil/guilty
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful
• *yəsôd*: foundation/base/groundwork
• *ʿôlām*: everlasting/perpetuity/antiquity

Referenced Verses

• Ps 15:5 : 5 He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
• Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
• Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
• Prov 12:3 : 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
• Prov 12:7 : 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
• Isa 40:24 : 24 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
• Matt 16:18 : 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
• Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
• 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is [life] indeed.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
• Prov 1:27 : 27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
• Ps 37:9-9 : 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
• Job 21:18 : 18 That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
• Job 27:19-21 : 19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.