Proverbs 6:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פ

Transliteration

Therefore pitʾōm yāvôʾ ʾêdô petaʿ yiššāvēr and-ʾên marpēʾ

Grammar Details

*pitʾōm*: adverb - suddenly/quickly
*yāvôʾ*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he/it will come
*ʾêdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his calamity/disaster
*petaʿ*: adverb - suddenly/in an instant
*yiššāvēr*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will be broken/shattered
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*marpēʾ*: noun, masculine singular - healing/remedy

Word Meanings

*ʾêdô*: his calamity/his disaster/his destruction
*yiššāvēr*: will be broken/will be shattered/will be crushed
*marpēʾ*: healing/remedy/cure

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 36:16 : 16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Jer 19:11 : 11 and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.
1 Thess 5:3 : 3 {G1063} When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
Isa 30:13-14 : 13 therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant. 14 And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
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.
Prov 29:1 : 1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

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