Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20 in other translations
| BSB | For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished. |
| DARBY | for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. |
| BBE | For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out. |
| Webster | For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished. |
What does Proverbs 24:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:19-20
19-20. (Psa 37:1, 38; 18:28).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:19-20
Envy not the wicked their prosperity; be sure there is no true happiness in it.
Proverbs 24:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 24:20
- Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Job 18:5-6
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
- Job 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
- Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Proverbs 23:18
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
- Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
- Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
- Matthew 8:12
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
- Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
- Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs 24:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque para el malo no habrá buen fin, y la candela de los impíos será apagada. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car il n’y a pas d’avenir pour l’inique: la lampe des méchants s’éteindra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn für den Bösen wird keine Zukunft sein, die Leuchte der Gesetzlosen wird erlöschen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quoniam non habent futurorum spem mali, et lucerna impiorum extinguetur. |