Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. New Living Translation You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed. English Standard Version Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Berean Standard Bible For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. King James Bible For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. New King James Version For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off. New American Standard Bible Certainly there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. NASB 1995 Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. NASB 1977 Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Legacy Standard Bible Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Amplified Bible Surely there is a future [and a reward], And your hope and expectation will not be cut off. Christian Standard Bible For then you will have a future, and your hope will not be dashed. Holman Christian Standard Bible For then you will have a future, and your hope will never fade. American Standard Version For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For there will be a posterity for you, and your hope will not end. Brenton Septuagint Translation For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed. Contemporary English Version Then you will truly have hope for the future. Douay-Rheims Bible Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away. English Revised Version For surely there is a reward; and thy hope shall not be cut off. GOD'S WORD® Translation There is indeed a future, and your hope will never be cut off. Good News Translation If it is, you have a bright future. International Standard Version for there is surely a future life, and what you hope for will not be cut off. JPS Tanakh 1917 For surely there is a future; And thy hope shall not be cut off. Literal Standard Version For is there a posterity? Then your hope is not cut off. Majority Standard Bible For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. New American Bible For you will surely have a future, and your hope will not be cut off. NET Bible For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. New Revised Standard Version Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. New Heart English Bible For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Webster's Bible Translation For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off. World English Bible Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off. Young's Literal Translation For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off. Additional Translations ... Context True Riches…17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD. 18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.… Cross References Psalm 9:18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed. Psalm 19:11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward. Psalm 58:11 Then men will say, "There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!" Proverbs 24:14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. Proverbs 24:20 For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. Treasury of Scripture For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off. surely Psalm 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Luke 16:25 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. end or reward Proverbs 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. Hebrews 10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. thine Psalm 9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Philippians 1:20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. Jump to Previous Cut Doubt End Expectation Future Hope Indeed Posterity Result Reward SurelyJump to Next Cut Doubt End Expectation Future Hope Indeed Posterity Result Reward SurelyProverbs 23 1. Consider carefully what is before you(18) An end, which shall be peace (Psalm 37:37), corresponding to the "manifestation of the sons of God "(Romans 8:19), when we shall be "like" God (1John 3:2).Verse 18. - For surely there is an end. PGBR> Some take the hemistich conditionally, rendering אִם "when," or "if the end comes;" but cue sees no object in the thought being expressed conditionally; and it is best. with the Authorized Version, Nowack, and others, to take כִּי אִם equivalent to "assuredly," as in Judges 15:7; 2 Samuel 15:21. "End" (acharith) is the glorious future that awaits the pious (Proverbs 24:14; Jeremiah 29:11). The prosperity of simmers is not to be envied, for it is transitory and deceptive; but for the righteous, however depressed at times there is a happy end in prospect. And thine expectation (hope) shall not be cut off. The hope of comfort here and reward hereafter shall be abundantly realized. The writer has a firm belief in the moral government of God, and in a future life which shall rectify all anomalies (comp. Proverbs 14:32; Wisd. 5:15, etc.; Ecclus. 1:13). Septuagint, "For if thou keep them, thou shalt haw posterity, and thy hope shall not be removed" (Psalm 37:9; Job 42:12). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֭י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction surely אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not there is יֵ֣שׁ (yêš) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is a future, אַחֲרִ֑ית (’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity and your hope וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ (wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be cut off. תִכָּרֵֽת׃ (ṯik·kā·rêṯ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant Links Proverbs 23:18 NIVProverbs 23:18 NLT Proverbs 23:18 ESV Proverbs 23:18 NASB Proverbs 23:18 KJV Proverbs 23:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 23:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 23:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 23:18 French Bible Proverbs 23:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:18 Indeed surely there is a future hope (Prov. 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