When a wicked man dies, his expectation will (A)perish,
And the hope of the unjust perishes.
(B)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.
The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will 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