Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
For the wicked man has no future; 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.
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.
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 Don't be anxious about those who practice evil, and don't be envious of the wicked. 20 For the wicked man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. 21 My son, fear both the LORD and the king, and don't keep company with rebels.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Job 18:5-6
"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.
Job 21:17
"How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?
Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness.
Psalm 9:17
The wicked will turn back to where the dead are all the nations that have forgotten God.
Psalm 11:6
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
Proverbs 23:18
for there is surely a future life, and what you hope for will not be cut off.
Isaiah 3:11
"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them.
Matthew 8:12
But the unfaithful heirs of that kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside. In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 25:8
"But the foolish ones told the wise, "Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out!'
Jude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.