Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

The hope of the just is gladness: and the expectation of the unjust shall perish.

New American Standard Bible

The hope of the righteous is gladness,
But the expectation of the wicked perishes.

King James Version

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Holman Bible

The hope of the righteous is joy,
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

International Standard Version

What the righteous hope for brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked dies.

A Conservative Version

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

American Standard Version

The hope of the righteous'shall be gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Amplified


The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.

Bible in Basic English

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

Darby Translation

The hope of the righteous is joy; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

King James 2000

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Modern King James verseion

The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The patient abiding of the righteous shall be turned to gladness; but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

NET Bible

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

New Heart English Bible

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

The Emphasized Bible

The hope of the righteous, shall be gladness, but, the expectation of the lawless, shall vanish.

Webster

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

World English Bible

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

Youngs Literal Translation

The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
תּוחלת 
Towcheleth 
Usage: 6

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׂמחה 
Simchah 
Usage: 93

but the expectation
תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

27 The fear of Jehovah will add days, and the years of the unjust shall be diminished. 28 The hope of the just is gladness: and the expectation of the unjust shall perish. 29 The way of Jehovah is a fortress to the upright one: and destruction to those doing iniquity.

Cross References

Job 8:13

So the paths of all forgetting God and the hope of the profane one shall perish.

Proverbs 11:7

In the death of an unjust man expectation shall perish: and the hope of the vain shall perish.

Job 11:20

And the eyes of the unjust shall be consumed, and flight shall perish from them, and their hope a breathing out of the soul.

Psalm 16:9

For this my heart rejoiced, and my glory shall exult: also my flesh shall dwell with confidence.

Psalm 73:24-26

In thy counsel thou wilt guide me, and after, thou wilt receive me with glory.

Psalm 112:10

The unjust one shall see and be angry; shall gnash his teeth and he melted away: the desire of the unjust shall perish.

Proverbs 14:32

The unjust one shall be driven away in his evil: and the just one trusted in his death.

Luke 16:23-26

And in hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Romans 5:2

By whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast upon hope of the glory of God.

Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in hope; holding out under pressure; persevering in prayer;

Romans 15:13

And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for you to abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

And our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, also our Father, having loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope in grace,

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