Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

New American Standard Bible

The light of the righteous rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked goes out.

King James Version

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Holman Bible

The light of the righteous shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is put out.

International Standard Version

The light of the righteous shines, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

A Conservative Version

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

American Standard Version

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Amplified


The light of the righteous [within him—grows brighter and] rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked [is a temporary light and] goes out.

Bible in Basic English

There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

Darby Translation

The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Julia Smith Translation

The light of the just shall rejoice: and the lamp of the unjust shall be quenched.

King James 2000

The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.

Modern King James verseion

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

NET Bible

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

New Heart English Bible

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

The Emphasized Bible

The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.

Webster

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.

World English Bible

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׂמח 
Samach 
Usage: 155

but the lamp
נרה נר ניר נר ניר 
Niyr 
Usage: 48

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke. 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished. 10 A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled is wisdom.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

Proverbs 24:20

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

1 Kings 11:36

and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there.

Job 18:5-6

Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

Job 21:17

How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

Job 29:3

In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy.

Psalm 112:4

Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

Isaiah 50:10-11

Who is among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.

Matthew 22:13

'Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

Matthew 25:8

and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain