The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The hope of the righteousshall begladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
WEB
The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
YLT
The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
DBT
The hope of the righteous is joy; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.