Proverbs Chapter 11 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good; `But' the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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BBE Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.
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DARBY Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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KJV Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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WBT Proverbs 11:23


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WEB Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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YLT Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - (Comp. Proverbs 10:28.) The desire of the righteous is only good. They want only what is just and honest, and therefore they obtain their wiches. The expectation of the wicked - that on which they set their hope and heart - is wrath (Proverbs 11:4), is an object of God's wrath. Other commentators, ancient and modern, take the clause to imply that the wishes of evil men, animated by wrath and ill temper, are only satisfied by inflicting injuries on others. Delitzsch would translate ebrah, "excess," "presumption," as in Proverbs 21:24. But the first interpretation seems most suitable (scrap. Romans 2:8, 9). The LXX., pointing differently, for "wrath" reads "shall perish."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) The desire of the righteous is only good, and therefore it, being in accordance with the will of God, is granted to them.The expectation of the wicked is wrath.--Rather, presumption; they do not ask in the way or for the things which God wills they should (James 4:3), and therefore it is mere presumption on their part to expect the fulfilment of their desires.