7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.


In Context

4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

7 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

9 With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

Proverbs 11:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:7When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; all he expected from his power comes to nothing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:7When the wicked man is dead, there shall be no hope any more: and the expectation of the solicitous shall perish.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil men perisheth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:7When a wicked man dieth his expectation shall perish: and the hope of iniquity perisheth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.