Focused Passage

Proverbs 24:10

Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous

The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

10 If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

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Verse 10

Original words

If you faint הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ H7503 Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person masculine singular in the day בְּי֥וֹם H3117 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of distress צָרָ֗ה H6869 Noun - feminine singular how small צַ֣ר H6862 Adjective - masculine singular [is] your strength כֹּחֶֽכָה׃ H3581 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

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