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Proverbs 11:7–8

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7With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,

and the expectation of the godless perishes.

8The righteous is delivered from trouble,

but the wicked enters into it.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the wicked dies, his hope will perish,

and the expectation of wealth perishes too.

The righteous is delivered from trouble,

and the wicked walks into it instead.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;

all the promise of their power comes to nothing.

The righteous person is rescued from trouble,

and it falls on the wicked instead.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the wicked person dies,

his expectation comes to nothing,

and hope placed in wealth vanishes.

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;

in his place, the wicked one goes in.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,

for they rely on their own feeble strength.

The godly are rescued from trouble,

and it falls on the wicked instead.

KJV 1900King James Version

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish:

And the hope of unjust men perisheth.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble,

And the wicked cometh in his stead.