Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

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WEBBE

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

BSB

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

KJV

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

ASV

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

BBE

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 32

The wicked man has his soul forced from him; he dies in his sins, under the guilt and power of them. But godly men, though they have pain and some dread of death, have the blessed hope, which God, who cannot lie, has given them.

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