When a wicked man dieth, his hope perisheth, and the hope of the unjust shall perish.

The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his [a]stead.

An [b]hypocrite with his mouth hurteth his neighbor: but the righteous shall be delivered by knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:8 That is, shall enter into trouble.
  2. Proverbs 11:9 A dissembler that pretendeth friendship, but is a privy enemy.

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

The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(C)

With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
    but through knowledge the righteous escape.(D)

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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