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When a person dies, hope is destroyed;(A)
    expectation pinned on wealth is destroyed.[a]

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  1. 11:7 An ancient scribe added “wicked” to person in colon A, for the statement that hope ends at death seemed to deny life after death. The saying, however, is not concerned with life after death but with the fact that in the face of death all hopes based on one’s own resources are vain. The aphorism is the climax of the preceding six verses; human resources cannot overcome mortality (cf. Ps 49:13).

When the wicked dies, his hope perishes,
    and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.

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When the wicked die, their hope dies with them. Confidence placed in riches comes to nothing.

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When a wicked person dies, his (A)expectation will perish,
And the (B)hope of strong people perishes.

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

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  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