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Proverbs 11:7
7When a wicked person dies, he has no hope for anything good. Everything that he hoped his strength would give him disappears!
Proverbs 11:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
- New International Version (NIV)Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When the wicked dies, his hope will perish, and the expectation of wealth perishes too.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of the unjust perishes.
Context of Proverbs 11:7
5An honest man who is righteous has a straight path to walk on. But the sins of a wicked person will cause him to fall down. 6When honest people are righteous, that will keep them safe. But the bad things that wicked people want will catch them in a trap. When a wicked person dies, he has no hope for anything good. Everything that he hoped his strength would give him disappears! 8Righteous people escape from trouble. The trouble happens to wicked people instead. 9People who do not respect God say things that destroy their friends. But the knowledge that righteous people have keeps them safe.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:7 word by word
בְּמ֤וֹת אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע תֹּאבַ֣ד תִּקְוָ֑ה וְתוֹחֶ֖לֶת אוֹנִ֣ים אָבָֽדָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 11:7
- Proverbs 10:28What good people hope to receive causes them to be happy. But wicked people never receive what they hope for.
- Proverbs 14:32When wicked people are in trouble, they cannot stand. But righteous people still trust God, even when they are in danger of death.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, “We will go after them. We will catch them. We will destroy them with our swords. We will do whatever we want to them. We will take all their valuable things for ourselves.”
- Job 8:13People who turn away from God are like those plants. Their hope quickly disappears.
- Job 11:20But wicked people will not find any help. They cannot escape from their troubles. They can only hope to die.’
- Psalms 146:4When they die, they return to the ground. On that day, their plans come to an end.
- Ezekiel 28:9When your enemies attack you, you will no longer say, ‘I am a god.’ When they are ready to kill you, you will know that you are only human.
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, ‘You have plenty of things stored safely. These will be enough for you for many years. Now you can live an easy life. Eat and drink as much as you want. Enjoy yourself.’ ”
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7When a wicked man dieth - Hope is a great blessing to man in his present state of trial and suffering; because it leads him to expect a favorable termination of his ills. But hope was not made for the wicked; and yet they are the very persons that most abound in it! They hope to be saved, and get at last to the kingdom of God; though they have their face towards perdition, and refuse to turn. But their hope goes no farther than the grave. There the wicked…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Significant words, as showing the belief that when the righteous died, his “expectation” (i. e., his hope for the future) did not perish. The second clause is rendered by some, “the expectation that brings sorrow.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7Verse 7 When a godly man dies, all his fears vanish; but when a wicked man dies, his hopes vanish.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. expectation ... perish--for death cuts short all his plans (Lu 16:25). hope of unjust--better, "hope of wealth," or "power" (compare Is 40:29, Hebrew). This gives an advance on the sentiment of the first clause. Even hopes of gain die with him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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