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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If thou faint
raphah (Hebrew #7503)
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
k in the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of adversity
tsarah (Hebrew #6869)
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
KJV usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsaw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6862
, thy strength
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
is γsmall
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
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Heb. 12:5• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation the which discourseth with you as sons, My son, regard not lightly Jehovah's chastening, nor faint when reproved of him: (Heb. 12:5)
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narrow.

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1 Sam. 27:1• 1{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul, There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Job 4:5• 5But now it cometh to thee, and thou art grieved,{HR}It toucheth thee, and thou art confounded. (Job 4:5)
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Isa. 40:28‑31• 28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding.
 29He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.
 30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
 31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:28‑31)
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John 4:8• 8(for his disciples had gone away into the city to buy provisions). (John 4:8)
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2 Cor. 4:1• 1On this account, having this ministry, according as we obtained mercy, we faint not, (2 Cor. 4:1)
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Eph. 3:13• 13Wherefore I entreat [you] not to faint at my tribulations for you which is your glory. (Eph. 3:13)
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Heb. 12:3‑5• 3For consider well him that endured so great contradiction by sinners against himself, that ye weary not, fainting in your souls.
 4Not yet unto blood resisted ye, wrestling against sin.
 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation the which discourseth with you as sons, My son, regard not lightly Jehovah's chastening, nor faint when reproved of him: (Heb. 12:3‑5)
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Rev. 2:3,13• 3and hast patience, and hast borne for my name's sake, and art not wearied.
 13I know [thy works, and] where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan {i}is{/i}; and thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein {i}was{/i} Antipas, my faithful witness who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth. (Rev. 2:3,13)
small.
Heb. narrow.
• To faint, or become disheartened then, is to show that one has not been truly counting upon God for deliverance. The hour of trial and opposition will only find the trusting soul more confident still, for he knows where the source of all power is to be found. Contrast Elijah when threatened by Jezebel, with David when the people spake of stoning him (1 Kings 19:2-4; 1 Sam. 30:6). (“Proverbs Twenty-Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is smalle.

JND Translation Notes

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There is a play on the words "trouble" and "small."

W. Kelly Translation

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[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble,{HR}Thy strength [is] small.