Proverbs 10 · Verse 28

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 10:28, King James Version

Proverbs 10:28 in other translations

BSBThe hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
WEBThe prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
ASVThe hope of the righteous shall be gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
YLTThe hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
DARBYThe hope of the righteous is joy; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
BBEThe hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.
WebsterThe hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

What does Proverbs 10:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. gladness--in confidence of realizing it. expectation ... perish--in disappointment.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 The expectation of the wicked shall perish - A wicked man is always imposing on himself by the hope of God's mercy and final happiness; and he continues hoping, till he dies without receiving that mercy which alone would entitle him to that glory.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 10:27-28

What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.

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Proverbs 10:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תּוֹחֶ֣לֶתto.Che.let[the] hope ofH8431
צַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662
שִׂמְחָ֑הsim.Chah[is] joyH8057
וְתִקְוַ֖תve.tik.Vatand [the] hope ofH8615
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
תֹּאבֵֽד\׃to.Vedit is lostH6

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 10:28

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

  • Psalms 73:24-26

    Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  • Romans 15:13

    Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

  • Proverbs 11:7

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

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:16

    Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

  • Romans 12:12

    Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Job 11:20

    But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

  • Psalms 112:10

    The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Romans 5:2

    By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

  • Luke 16:23-26

    And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

  • Psalms 16:9

    Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hope.
Ps 16:9; 73:24-26; Ro 5:2; 12:12; 15:13; 2Th 2:16
but.
11:7; 14:32; Job 8:13; 11:20; Ps 112:10; Lu 16:23-26

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Context

  • Proverbs 10:27

    The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  • Proverbs 10:28

    The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

  • Proverbs 10:29

    The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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Proverbs 10:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La esperanza de los justos es alegría; mas la esperanza de los impíos perecerá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’attente des justes est une joie, mais l’espérance des méchants périra.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Harren der Gerechten wird Freude, aber die Hoffnung der Gesetzlosen wird zunichte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Exspectatio justorum lætitia, spes autem impiorum peribit.