28 The hope of the righteous is joy,(A)
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.(B)

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28 The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.(A)

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When the wicked man dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. Proverbs 11:7 Or strength

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(A)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

but wrath and indignation to those who are self-seeking(A) and disobey the truth(B) but are obeying unrighteousness; affliction and distress(C) for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;(D)

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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(A) there will be wrath and anger.(B) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(C) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(D)

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