Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And why? The wicked hath nothing to hope for, and the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Holman Bible
the lamp of the wicked will 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.
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.
Themes
Anxiety » Why you should not be anxious
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
Interlinear
'achariyth
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
19 Let not thy wrath and jealousy move thee, to follow the wicked and ungodly. 20 And why? The wicked hath nothing to hope for, and the candle of the ungodly shall be put out. 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.
Job 18:5-6
Shall not the light of the ungodly be put out? Yea, the flame of his fire shall not burn.
Job 21:17
"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
Psalm 9:17
The wicked must be turned unto hell, and all the people that forget God.
Psalm 11:6
Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire, brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink.
Proverbs 23:18
For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain.
Isaiah 3:11
But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous, for they shall be rewarded after their works.
Matthew 8:12
And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us of your oil, for our lamps go out.'
Jude 1:13
They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.