Proverbs 24:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For there will be noלֹֽא־
(lo-)
3808: nota prim. adverb
futureאַחֲרִ֣ית
(a·cha·rit)
319: the after-part, endfrom achar
for the evil man;לָרָ֑ע
(la·ra;)
7451a: bad, evilfrom the same as roa
The lampנֵ֖ר
(ner)
5216: a lampfrom an unused word
of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣ים
(re·sha·'im)
7563: wicked, criminalfrom an unused word
will be putיִדְעָֽךְ׃
(yid·'ach.)
1846: to go out, be extinguisheda prim. root
out. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
For there shall be no reward
'achariyth  (akh-ar-eeth')
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity -- (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
to the evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
man the candle
niyr  (neer)
properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light -- candle, lamp, light.
of the wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
shall be put out
da`ak  (daw-ak')
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up -- be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

King James Bible
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

International Standard Version
For the wicked man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

NET Bible
for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because there is no posterity to the evil ones and the lamp of the evil will be extinguished.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
because an evil person has no future, and the lamps of wicked people will be snuffed out.

King James 2000 Bible
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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