Text -- Proverbs 10:25 (NET)

10:25 When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 10:25

¹ sn The word for “storm wind” comes from the root סוּף (suf, “to come to an end; to cease”). The noun may then describe the kind of storm that makes an end of things, a “whirlwind” (so KJV, NASB; NLT “cyclone”). It is used in prophetic passages that describe swift judgment and destruction.

² tn Heb “the wicked are not”; ASV, NAB, NASB “is no more.”

³ tn Heb “a foundation forever”; NLT “have a lasting foundation.”

sn The metaphor compares the righteous to an everlasting foundation to stress that they are secure when the catastrophes of life come along. He is fixed in a covenantal relationship and needs not to fear passing misfortunes. The wicked has no such security.