Proverbs 23:18

18. Surely there is an end This translation is not entirely satisfactory; for, although אחרית , ( ahharith,) does sometimes mean an end or termination, as that which comes after or last, yet it has also other meanings, embracing that which is after, or the hereafter, etc. Dr. A. Clarke renders: “There is another life.” Stuart: “For if there is a hereafter,” that is, as sure as there is, etc. Muenscher: “For surely there is a reward;” that is, something occurring after and in consequence of a pious life. Noyes, the same substantially. The pious man looks for a blessed future, and his expectations shall not be cut off. This is one of the few passages in which Solomon is supposed to refer to a future life. Like other ethical writers, even Christian, he confines his motives for action chiefly to this world. Comp. Proverbs 11:7; Proverbs 14:32; Proverbs 24:14.