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


In Context

17 In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

18 Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

19 Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

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

21 Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

22 For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both — who knoweth!

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 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 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.