The Meaning of Proverbs 23:18 Explained

Proverbs 23:18

KJV: For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

YLT: For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

Darby: for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

ASV: For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For surely there is  an end;  and thine expectation  shall not be cut off. 

What does Proverbs 23:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:18 mean?

For surely there is a hereafter and your hope not will be cut off
כִּ֭י אִם־ יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת

אִם־  surely 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
יֵ֣שׁ  there  is 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
אַחֲרִ֑ית  a  hereafter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַחֲרִית  
Sense: after part, end.
וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗  and  your  hope 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: תִּקְוָה 
Sense: cord.
תִכָּרֵֽת  will  be  cut  off 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּרַת  
Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.