Proverbs 11:7 - Exposition

His expectation; that which he hoped for and set his heart upon, worldly prosperity, long life, impunity,—all are cut off, and the moral government of God is confirmed, by his death ( Psalms 73:17-19 ). (For "the hope of the ungodly," see the forcible expressions in Wis. 5:14.) Of unjust men; Vulgate sollicitorum ; Septuagint, τῶν ἀσεβῶν . The word seems to mean "vanities," i.e. "men of vanity"—abstract for concrete. Others translate, "godless hope," or "expectation that bringeth grief," or "strong, self-confident men;" "men in the fulness of their vigour." But the rendering of the Authorized Version is well supported, and the two clauses are coordinate. The Septuagint, in order to accentuate the implied antithesis, has seemingly altered the text, and introduced a thought which favours the immortality of the soul, "When a righteous man dieth, hope perisheth not; but the boast of the wicked perisheth" (Wis. 3:18).