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Cuando muere el hombre impío, perece su esperanza;

Y la expectación de los malos perecerá.

El justo es librado de la tribulación;

Mas el impío entra en lugar suyo.

El hipócrita con la boca daña a su prójimo;

Mas los justos son librados con la sabiduría.

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Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(A)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(B)

The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(C)

With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
    but through knowledge the righteous escape.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from