The Meaning of Proverbs 11:7 Explained

Proverbs 11:7

KJV: When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

YLT: In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

Darby: When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil men perisheth.

ASV: When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When a wicked  man  dieth,  [his] expectation  shall perish:  and the hope  of unjust  [men] perisheth. 

What does Proverbs 11:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:7 mean?

When dies a man wicked will perish [his] expectation and the hope in strength perishes
בְּמ֤וֹת אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע תֹּאבַ֣ד תִּקְוָ֑ה וְתוֹחֶ֖לֶת אוֹנִ֣ים אָבָֽדָה

בְּמ֤וֹת  When  dies 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
אָדָ֣ם  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
רָ֭שָׁע  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
תֹּאבַ֣ד  will  perish 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
תִּקְוָ֑ה  [his]  expectation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּקְוָה 
Sense: cord.
וְתוֹחֶ֖לֶת  and  the  hope  in 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּוחֶלֶת  
Sense: hope.
אוֹנִ֣ים  strength 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָוֶן 
Sense: trouble, wickedness, sorrow.
אָבָֽדָה  perishes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.