When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.
WEB
When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
YLT
In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.
DBT
When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil [men] perisheth.
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.