Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.

New American Standard Bible

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
And the hope of strong men perishes.

King James Version

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

Holman Bible

When the wicked man dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth vanishes.

International Standard Version

When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

American Standard Version

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

Amplified


When the wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;
And the hope of [godless] strong men perishes.

Bible in Basic English

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

Darby Translation

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil men perisheth.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

With the death of a wicked person, hope will die, and the expectation of the godless perishes.

Modern King James verseion

When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish; and the hope of evil ones shall be lost.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When an ungodly man dieth, his hope is gone; the confidence of riches shall perish.

NET Bible

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

New Heart English Bible

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

The Emphasized Bible

When the lawless man dieth, his expectation, perisheth, and, the hope of strong men, hath vanished.

Webster

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

World English Bible

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

מות 
Maveth 
Usage: 156

תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

and the hope
תּוחלת 
Towcheleth 
Usage: 6

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity. 7 When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes. 8 A righteous man is delivered out of trouble, and a wicked man comes in his stead.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:28

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

Job 8:13-14

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

Exodus 15:9-10

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall be satisfied upon them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.

Psalm 146:4

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.

Proverbs 14:32

An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will thou yet say before him who slays thee, I am God? But thou are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds thee.

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

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