Proverbs 10:28
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
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Compare
- BSB
- The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
- KJV
- The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
- WEB
- The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
- ASV
- The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
- DARBY
- The hope of the righteous is joy; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
- BLB
- The hope of the righteous ones [is] joy, and the expectation of the wicked ones will perish.
- ÅB
- De rettferdige har glede i vente, men de ugudeliges håp blir til intet.
- OTB
- De rettferdiges håp er glede, men de ondes forventninger vil gå til grunne.
- B1930
- De rettferdige har glede i vente, men de ugudeliges håp blir til intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
Read in contextPsalms 73:24–26
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Read in contextRomans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Read in contextProverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Read in contextRomans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Read in contextProverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Read in contextJob 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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