Proverbs 14 · Verse 32

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs 14:32, King James Version

Proverbs 14:32 in other translations

BSBThe wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
WEBThe wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
ASVThe wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
YLTIn his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.
DARBYThe wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, even in his death.
BBEThe sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
WebsterThe wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

What does Proverbs 14:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. driven--thrust out violently (compare Psa 35:5, 6). hath hope--trusteth (Pr 10:2; 11:4; Psa 2:12), implying assurance of help.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness - He does not leave life cheerfully. Poor soul! Thou hast no hope in the other world, and thou leavest the present with the utmost regret! Thou wilt not go off; but God will drive thee. But the righteous hath hope in his death - He rejoiceth to depart and be with Christ: to him death is gain; he is not reluctant to go - he flies at the call of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The wicked man has his soul forced from him; he dies in his sins, under the guilt and power of them. But godly men, though they have pain and some dread of death, have the blessed hope, which God, who cannot lie, has given them.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 14:32 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.

בְּֽ֭רָעָתוֹbe.ra.'a.toby wickedness hisH7451
יִדָּחֶ֣הyi.da.Chehhe is pushed downH1760
רָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'a wicked [person]H7563
וְחֹסֶ֖הve.cho.Sehand [is] seeking refugeH2620
בְמוֹת֣וֹve.mo.Toin death hisH4194
צַדִּֽיק\׃tza.Dika righteous [person]H6662

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

Cross references for Proverbs 14:32

  • 2 Timothy 4:18

    And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Psalms 23:4

    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:8

    We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

  • Revelation 14:13

    And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

  • Job 19:25-27

    For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

  • Genesis 49:18

    I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

  • Proverbs 24:16

    For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  • Psalms 37:37

    Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

  • Job 13:15

    Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:9

    But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

  • Proverbs 6:15

    Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

  • John 8:21

    Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
driven.
Job 18:18; 27:20-22; Ps 58:9; Da 5:26-30; Joh 8:21,24; Ro 9:22
1Th 5:3
the righteous.
Ge 49:18; Job 13:15; 19:25-27; Ps 23:4; 37:37; Lu 2:29
1Co 15:55-58; 2Co 1:9; 5:8; Php 1:21,23; 2Ti 4:18; Re 14:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 14:31

    He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  • Proverbs 14:32

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

  • Proverbs 14:33

    Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

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Proverbs 14:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por su maldad será lanzado el impío: mas el justo en su muerte tiene esperanza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le méchant est chassé par son iniquité, mais le juste est plein de confiance, dans sa mort même.
German
Elberfelder 1871		In seinem Unglück wird der Gesetzlose umgestoßen, aber der Gerechte vertraut auch in seinem Tode.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In malitia sua expelletur impius: sperat autem justus in morte sua.