Proverbs 1:27
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
In context
24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, 25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke, 26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you— 27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me, 29 since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord. 30 Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 1:27 in the KJV
When your fear cometh as desolation, And your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 1:27 in the ESV
when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.