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Proverbs 11:7–8

7 When a wicked man dies, his aexpectation will perish,

And the bhope of strong men perishes.

8 The righteous is delivered from trouble,

But the wicked 1takes his place.

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Proverbs 11:7–8 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,

And the hope of the unjust perishes.

The righteous is delivered from trouble,

And it comes to the wicked instead.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — New Century Version (NCV)

When the wicked die, hope dies with them;

their hope in riches will come to nothing.

The good person is saved from trouble;

it comes to the wicked instead.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish;

And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble,

And the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

At the death of a wicked person, hope vanishes. 

Moreover, his confidence in strength vanishes. 

A righteous person is rescued from trouble, 

and a wicked person takes his place. 

Proverbs 11:7–8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

When the wicked man 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.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

When the wicked die, their hope perishes,

and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing.

The righteous are delivered from trouble,

and the wicked get into it instead.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

and the expectation of the godless perishes.

The righteous is delivered from trouble,

but the wicked enters into it.

Proverbs 11:7–8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

When an evil man dies, his hope dies with him.

Everything he expected to gain from his power will be lost.

Those who do right are saved from trouble.

But trouble comes on those who do wrong.


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