Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

Julia Smith Translation

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

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 addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened. 28 The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth. 29 The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.

Cross References

Job 8:13

So are the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,

Proverbs 11:7

In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

Job 11:20

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!

Psalm 16:9

Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

Psalm 73:24-26

With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

Proverbs 14:32

In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.

Luke 16:23-26

and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

Romans 5:2

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

Romans 12:12

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

Romans 15:13

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

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