For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
For a just man - צדיק tsaddik, the righteous, the same person mentioned above.
Falleth seven times - Gets very often into distresses through his resting place being spoiled by the wicked man, the robber, the spoiler of the desert, lying in wait for this purpose, Proverbs 24:15.
And riseth up again - Though God permit the hand of violence sometimes to spoil his tent, temptations to assail his mind, and afflictions to press down his body, he constantly emerges; and every time he passes through the furnace, he comes out brighter and more refined.
But the wicked shall fall into mischief - And there they shall lie; having no strong arm to uphold them. Yet,
24:16 Falleth - Into calamities, of which he evidently speaks both in the foregoing verse, and in the following branch of this verse.Fall - Frequently into irrecoverable destruction.