Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

22. of them both ] i.e. those who are given to change, whether against God or against the king ( Pro 24:21); ruinam utriusque quis novit? Vulg. Others understand, the destruction inflicted by them both, sc. both God and the king. Comp. calamity from God, lit. the calamity of (inflicted by) God, Job 31:23. Another rendering, of their years, i.e. which shall bring to an end their life is noticed in R.V. margin.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Both – Those who fear not God, and those who fear not the king.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. The ruin of them both?] Of them who do not fear the LORD; and of them that do not reverence the KING.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

Who knoweth? who can conceive how sore and sudden it will be?

The ruin of them both; of them that fear not God, and of them that fear not the king, for they have two potent and terrible enemies; and therefore if they will not obey them out of conscience, as their duty binds them, yet they should do it at least for their own sakes, and for fear of those severe punishments which they will certainly inflict upon rebels.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

22. their calamity, c.eitherwhat God and the king inflict, or what changers and theircompany suffer better the first.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For their calamity shall rise suddenly,…. And come upon those that fear not God, and rebel against the king and the state, and innovate in matters of religion; and especially that bring in damnable heresies, and, while they cry Peace, peace, and are pleasing themselves with their new schemes and prosperous success, swift and sudden destruction comes upon them, 2Pe 2:1;

and who knoweth the ruin of them both? of those that fear not the Lord, nor the king; or of those who are given to change, and innovate in things civil and religious; and of those who meddle with them and join themselves to them: the ruin of themselves and families, in a civil sense, is great and inexpressible, who rebel against their prince, and endeavour to change and subvert the present government; and the ruin of the souls of men, both of the deceivers and the deceived, is beyond all conception and expression.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(22) The ruin of them bothi.e., the rebels against God and the king.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

22. The ruin of them both That is, the ruin that proceeds from God and the king, who knoweth how, or how soon, it will come? So some: but others take it to be that of which these revolters those who fear not God and those who fear not the king are the authors. Comp. Pro 16:14.

Here commences what many commentators regard as a new section, an addendum to this part of the book.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

v. 22. for their calamity, the misfortune sent upon them by God, shall rise suddenly, striking them with unexpected suddenness; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? For those who rebel against the constituted and existing government thereby rebel against the Lord.

Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann

Pro 24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Ver. 22. For their calamity shall rise suddenly. ] When they think they have made all cock sure. “Had Zimri peace that killed his master?” Had Absalom; Sheba; Rodolphus, Duke of Suevia; Sanders; Story; Parry; Campian; the gunpowder plotters; Raviliac, &c.? Canute, the first Danish king, caused the false Edric’s head, that had been his agent, to be set upon the highest part of the Tower of London, therein performing his promise of advancing him above any lord in the land. a James I, king of Scots, was murdered in Perth by Walter, Earl of Athol, in hopes to attain the crown. Crowned indeed he was, but not as his witches and sorcerers had ambiguously insinuated, with the crown of that realm, but with a crown of red-hot iron clapt upon his head, being one of the tortures wherewith he ended at once his wicked days and desires. b

And who knoweth the ruin of them both? ] i.e., That both God and the king will inflict upon the rebels; or “of them both” – i.e., both of the king, if a tyrant, and of those that seditiously move against him.

a Daniel’s Hist.

b Speed’s Chron.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)