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.