20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.


In Context

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

18 Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

19 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

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

21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

Proverbs 24:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil [man;] the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:20for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:20For there will be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.