Proverbs 24:16

24:16 Although ¹  a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again,

but the wicked will be brought down ²  by calamity.

Hosea 14:1

Prophetic Call to Genuine Repentance

14:1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,

for your sin has been your downfall! ³ 

Amos 5:2

5:2 “The virgin ⁴  Israel has fallen down and will not get up again.

She is abandoned on her own land

with no one to help her get up.” ⁵ 

Micah 7:8

Jerusalem Will Be Vindicated

7:8 My enemies, ⁶  do not gloat ⁷  over me!

Though I have fallen, I will get up.

Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. ⁸ 

[24:16]  ¹ tn The clause beginning with כִּי (ki) could be interpreted as causal or conditional; but in view of the significance of the next clause it seems better to take it as a concessive clause (“although”). Its verb then receives a modal nuance of possibility. The apodosis is then “and he rises up,” which could be a participle or a perfect tense; although he may fall, he gets up (or, will get up).

[24:16]  ² tn The verb could be translated with an English present tense (“are brought down,” so NIV) to express what happens to the wicked in this life; but since the saying warns against being like the wicked, their destruction is more likely directed to the future.

[14:1]  ³ tn Heb “For you have stumbled in your iniquity”; NASB, NRSV “because of your iniquity.”

[5:2]  ⁴ tn Or “young lady.” The term “Israel” is an appositional genitive.

[5:2]  ⁵ tn Or “with no one to lift her up.”

[7:8]  ⁶ tn The singular form is understood as collective.

[7:8]  ⁷ tn Or “rejoice” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “don’t laugh at me.”

[7:8]  ⁸ sn Darkness represents judgment; light (also in v. 9) symbolizes deliverance. The Lord is the source of the latter.