Parallel Verses
NET Bible
for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And why? The wicked hath nothing to hope for, and the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.
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 Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people, 20 for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. 21 Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
Job 18:5-6
"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
Job 21:17
"How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
Proverbs 20:20
The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
Psalm 9:17
The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
Psalm 11:6
May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Isaiah 3:11
Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
Matthew 8:12
but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 25:8
The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.'
Jude 1:13
wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.