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When a wicked man dies, all his expectations die with him,
    and the hope he placed in his riches comes to nought.
The righteous man escapes affliction,
    and the wicked man incurs it instead.
With his mouth the godless man seeks to ruin his neighbor,
    but knowledge enables the righteous to be delivered.

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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