Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For the evil have no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

New American Standard Bible

For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Bible in Basic English

For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For there shall be no latter state to the evil one: the light of the unjust shall be extinguished.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.

Modern King James verseion

for there shall not be a hereafter to the evil; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And why? The wicked hath nothing to hope for, and the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

NET Bible

for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.

Webster

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

to the evil
רעה רע 
Ra` 
Usage: 669

man the candle
נרה נר ניר נר ניר 
Niyr 
Usage: 48

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

References

Easton

Morish

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

19 Don’t be agitated by evildoers,
and don’t envy the wicked.
20 For the evil have no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
21 My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king,
and don’t associate with rebels,



Cross References

Proverbs 13:9

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

Job 18:5-6

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 21:17

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or mother
his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will return to Sheol
all the nations that forget God.

Psalm 11:6

He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;
a scorching wind will be their portion.

Proverbs 23:18

For then you will have a future,
and your hope will never fade.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked—it will go badly for them,
for what they have done will be done to them.

Matthew 8:12

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 25:8

But the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!

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