32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.

Other Translations of Proverbs 14:32

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

32 The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.

The Message

32 The evil of bad people leaves them out in the cold; the integrity of good people creates a safe place for living.

New King James Version

32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.

New Living Translation

32 The wicked are crushed by disaster, but the godly have a refuge when they die.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:32

Commentary on Proverbs 14:32

(Read Proverbs 14:32)

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.