As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Parallel translations
- WEB When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
- BSB When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure 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 15:5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Ps 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
- Matt 7:24–27Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Prov 12:3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
- Matt 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Isa 40:24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
- Prov 12:7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- Job 21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
- 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
- Eph 2:20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- 1 Tim 6:19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
- Prov 1:27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- Job 27:19–21The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
- Ps 37:9–10For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
- Prov 10:30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
- Ps 73:18–20Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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