When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
- KJV As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
- ESV When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
- NKJV When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
- NASB When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
- NLT When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation.
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Quick answer
When the storm passes, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever. The wicked are swept away; the righteous have an enduring foundation.
Overview
Using the image of a passing whirlwind, this verse contrasts the swift destruction of the wicked with the lasting stability of the righteous. The righteous are established on a foundation that judgment cannot sweep away. This anticipates Jesus' parable of the house built on the rock, where those who hear and obey his words stand firm through every storm (Matthew 7:24-25).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Ps 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
- Matt 7:24–27Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Prov 12:3A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
- Matt 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- Isa 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
- Prov 12:7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
- Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
- 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Eph 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 1 Tim 6:19treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
- Prov 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- Job 27:19–21He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- Ps 37:9–10For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
- Prov 10:30The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
- Ps 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
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