For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Parallel translations
- WEB Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
- KJV For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
- NKJV For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.
- NASB Certainly there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
- NLT You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed.
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Quick answer
There is a sure future and a hope for the righteous that will not be cut off.
Overview
This grounds the call not to envy sinners: the godly have a guaranteed future that the wicked lack. "Hope will not be cut off" assures that fearing God leads to a secure end. For the believer this hope is anchored in Christ and the resurrection, an inheritance kept in heaven that cannot perish (1 Pet. 1:3-4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Heb 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- Jer 29:11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Ps 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
- Phil 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
- Prov 24:14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
- Prov 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- Rom 6:21–22What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Ps 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
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