Proverbs 23:18
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
American King James Version (AKJV)
For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
For surely there is a reward; and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Clarke's Proverbs 23:18 Bible Commentary
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.
Barnes's Proverbs 23:18 Bible Commentary
Or, For if there is an end (hereafter), thine expectations shall not be cut off. There is an implied confidence in immortality.
Wesley's Proverbs 23:18 Bible Commentary
23:18 An end - An expected and happy end for such as fear God.
