Proverbs 24:20

In 11 translations

BSB

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

KJV

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.candle: or, lamp

WEB

for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

ASV

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

LSV

For there is not a posterity to the evil, || The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

YLT

For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

DBY

for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

DRC

For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

GNV

For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.

JPS

For there will be no future to the evil man, the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

LXXE

For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֣ה אַחֲרִ֣ית לָרָ֑ע נֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ γὰρ μὴ γένηται ἔκγονα πονηρῷ, λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
• Job 18:5–6Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
• Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
• Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
• Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
• Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
• Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
• Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

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