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


In Context

17 Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

19 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

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

21 My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:

22 for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; 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 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.