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Selected Verse: Proverbs 23:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 23:18 |
Strong Concordance |
For surely there is [03426] an end [0319]; and thine expectation [08615] shall not be cut off [03772]. |
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King James |
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| an end--or, "hereafter," another time, when apparent inequalities shall be adjusted (compare Psa 37:28-38). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| An end - An expected and happy end for such as fear God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Surely there is an end - יש אחרית yesh acharith, there is another life; "and thy expectation" of the enjoyment of a blessed immortality "shall not be cut off." The Old MS. Bible reads thus: For thou schalt hab hop in the last: and thin abiiding schal not ben taken awei. "For the ende is not yet come; and thy patient abydinge shal not be in vayne." - Coverdale. |
28 For the LORD [03068] loveth [0157] judgment [04941], and forsaketh [05800] not his saints [02623]; they are preserved [08104] for ever [05769]: but the seed [02233] of the wicked [07563] shall be cut off [03772].
29 The righteous [06662] shall inherit [03423] the land [0776], and dwell [07931] therein for ever [05703].
30 The mouth [06310] of the righteous [06662] speaketh [01897] wisdom [02451], and his tongue [03956] talketh [01696] of judgment [04941].
31 The law [08451] of his God [0430] is in his heart [03820]; none of his steps [0838] shall slide [04571].
32 The wicked [07563] watcheth [06822] the righteous [06662], and seeketh [01245] to slay [04191] him.
33 The LORD [03068] will not leave [05800] him in his hand [03027], nor condemn [07561] him when he is judged [08199].
34 Wait [06960] on the LORD [03068], and keep [08104] his way [01870], and he shall exalt [07311] thee to inherit [03423] the land [0776]: when the wicked [07563] are cut off [03772], thou shalt see [07200] it.
35 I have seen [07200] the wicked [07563] in great power [06184], and spreading [06168] himself like a green [07488] bay tree [0249].
36 Yet he passed away [05674], and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought [01245] him, but he could not be found [04672].
37 Mark [08104] the perfect [08535] man, and behold [07200] the upright [03477]: for the end [0319] of that man [0376] is peace [07965].
38 But the transgressors [06586] shall be destroyed [08045] together [03162]: the end [0319] of the wicked [07563] shall be cut off [03772].