Proverbs 10:25 - Exposition

As the whirlwind passeth . According to this rendering (which has the support of the Vulgate) the idea is the speed with which, under God's vengeance, the sinner is consumed, as Isaiah 17:13 ; Job 21:18 . But it is better to translate, as the LXX ; "when the whirlwind is passing," i.e. when the storm of judgment falls, as Christ represents the tempest beating on the ill-founded house and destroying it, while that which was built on the rock remains uninjured (comp. Proverbs 12:3 ; Matthew 7:25 , etc.; comp. Wis. 5:14, etc). Everlasting foundation ( Job 21:30 ; Psalms 91:1-16 ; Psalms 125:1 ); like the Cyclopean stones on which Solomon's temple was built. It is natural to see here an adumbration of that Just One, the Messiah, the chief Cornerstone. The LXX . gives, "But the righteous turning aside is saved forever."