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Selected Verse: Proverbs 10:28 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 10:28	Strong Concordance	The hope [08431] of the righteous [06662] shall be gladness [08057]: but the expectation [08615] of the wicked [07563] shall perish [06].
	King James	The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
gladness--in confidence of realizing it. expectation . . . perish--in disappointment.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

gladness--in confidence of realizing it.

expectation . . . perish--in disappointment.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Transpose "hope" and "expectation." The expectant waiting of the righteous is joyful at the time, and ends in joy: the eager hope of the wicked comes to nought.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Transpose "hope" and "expectation." The expectant waiting of the righteous is joyful at the time, and ends in joy: the eager hope of the wicked comes to nought.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
28 The expectation of the righteous is gladness And the hope of the godless comes to nothing. תּוחלת as well as תּקוה proceed on the fundamental idea of a strained earnest looking back upon something, the same fundamental idea which in another view gives the meaning of strength (חיל, Arab. ḥayl; ḳuwwat, kawiyy, cf. גּדל, Arab. jdl, plectere, and גּדול, strong and strength). The substantival clause 28a denotes nothing more than: it is gladness (cf. Pro 3:17, all their steps are gladness), but which is equivalent to, it is that in its issue, in gaudium desinit. Hitzig's remark that תוחלת is the chief idea for hope and fear, is not confirmed by the usage of the language; it always signifies joyful, not anxious, expectation; cf. the interchange of the same two synonyms Pro 13:7, and תּאות, Psa 112:10, instead of תּקות (here and Job 8:13). While the expectation of the one terminates in the joy of the fulfilment, the hope of the other (אבד, R. בד, to separate) perishes, i.e., comes to nothing.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

28 The expectation of the righteous is gladness

And the hope of the godless comes to nothing.

תּוחלת as well as תּקוה proceed on the fundamental idea of a strained earnest looking back upon something, the same fundamental idea which in another view gives the meaning of strength (חיל, Arab. ḥayl; ḳuwwat, kawiyy, cf. גּדל, Arab. jdl, plectere, and גּדול, strong and strength). The substantival clause 28a denotes nothing more than: it is gladness (cf. Pro 3:17, all their steps are gladness), but which is equivalent to, it is that in its issue, in gaudium desinit. Hitzig's remark that תוחלת is the chief idea for hope and fear, is not confirmed by the usage of the language; it always signifies joyful, not anxious, expectation; cf. the interchange of the same two synonyms Pro 13:7, and תּאות, Psa 112:10, instead of תּקות (here and Job 8:13). While the expectation of the one terminates in the joy of the fulfilment, the hope of the other (אבד, R. בד, to separate) perishes, i.e., comes to nothing.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Gladness - Shall be accomplished, and turned into enjoyment.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Gladness - Shall be accomplished, and turned into enjoyment.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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 Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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.

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