Proverbs 11:8
A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
In Context
7At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:18and a transgressor is the + 21:18 Gr. `off-scouring;' perhaps `ransom,' q. d. that which cleans.abomination of a righteous man.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:8
7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. Note, 1. Even wicked men, while they live, may keep up a confident expectation of a happiness when they die, or at least a happiness in this world. The hypocrite has his hope, in which he wraps himself as the spider in her web. The worldling expects great matters from his wealth; he calls it goods laid up for many years, and hopes to take his ease in it and to be merry; but in death their expectation will be frustrated:… Read the whole commentary →