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Proverbs 11:7

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7When the wicked person dies,

his expectation comes to nothing,

and hope placed in wealthAB vanishes.c

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Footnotes

  1. A reads hope of the ungodly
  2. BOr strength

Cross references

  1. cJb 8:13; Pr 10:28; 24:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the wicked dies, his hope will perish,

and the expectation of wealth perishes too.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;

all the promise of their power comes to nothing.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,

for they rely on their own feeble strength.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,

and the expectation of the godless perishes.

KJV 1900King James Version

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish:

And the hope of unjust men perisheth.