Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. New Living Translation For evil people have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. English Standard Version for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out. Berean Standard Bible For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. King James Bible For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. New King James Version For there will be no prospect for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. New American Standard Bible For there will be no future for the evil person; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. NASB 1995 For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. NASB 1977 For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. Legacy Standard Bible For there will be no future for the evil one; The lamp of the wicked will go out. Amplified Bible For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. Christian Standard Bible For the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will 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. Contemporary English Version They will soon be gone like the flame of a lamp that burns out. English Revised Version For there will be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. GOD'S WORD® Translation because an evil person has no future, and the lamps of wicked people will be snuffed out. Good News Translation A wicked person has no future--nothing to look forward to. International Standard Version For the wicked man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. Majority Standard Bible For the evil 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. New Heart English Bible for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out. Webster's Bible Translation 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. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor there is not a posterity to the evil, "" The lamp of the wicked is extinguished. Young's Literal Translation For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished. Smith's Literal Translation For there shall be no latter state to the evil one: the light of the unjust shall be extinguished. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Catholic Public Domain Version For the evil hold no hope in the future, and the lamp of the impious will be extinguished. New American Bible For the evil have no future, the lamp of the wicked will be put out. New Revised Standard Version for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor there shall be no future for evil men, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because there is no posterity to the evil ones and the lamp of the evil will be extinguished. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For there will be no future to the evil man, The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do not Envy…19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked. 20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. 21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.… Cross References Psalm 37:9-10 For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. / Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. Psalm 73:18-19 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Job 18:5-6 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. / The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. Psalm 1:4-6 Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. / Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. / For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Psalm 37:35-36 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, / yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found. Psalm 92:7 that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed. Isaiah 57:20-21 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” Malachi 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” Job 20:5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary? Psalm 37:38 But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off. Matthew 13:49-50 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous / and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. Luke 16:22-23 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried. / In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Treasury of Scripture For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Psalm 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. candle Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Proverbs 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Job 18:5,6 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine… Jump to Previous Candle Evil Extinguished Future Hope Lamp Posterity Reward Sinners Snuffed WickedJump to Next Candle Evil Extinguished Future Hope Lamp Posterity Reward Sinners Snuffed WickedProverbs 24 1. Precepts and WarningsFor the evil man The Hebrew word for "evil" here is "רָשָׁע" (rasha), which denotes someone who is morally wrong, guilty, or wicked. In the context of Proverbs, the "evil man" is one who lives in opposition to God's righteous standards. Historically, the Israelites understood that living in alignment with God's laws was essential for communal and personal prosperity. The "evil man" is thus not just a personal adversary but a societal threat, undermining the fabric of a community built on divine principles. has no future the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished The candle of the wicked shall be put out�--See above on Proverbs 13:9. Verse 20. - For there shall be no reward to the evil man. He has no happy "future" to expect, as Ver. 14; Proverbs 22:18 (where see note). The candle, etc. (see Proverbs 13:9, where the clause appears). Septuagint, "For the evil man shall have no posterity, and the torch of the wicked shall be quenched."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י ׀ (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the evil [man] לָרָ֑ע (lā·rā‘) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil has תִהְיֶ֣ה (ṯih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be no לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no future; אַחֲרִ֣ית (’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity the lamp נֵ֖ר (nêr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5216: A lamp, light of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person will be extinguished. יִדְעָֽךְ׃ (yiḏ·‘āḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1846: To be extinguished, to expire, be dried up Links Proverbs 24:20 NIVProverbs 24:20 NLT Proverbs 24:20 ESV Proverbs 24:20 NASB Proverbs 24:20 KJV Proverbs 24:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 24:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 24:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 24:20 French Bible Proverbs 24:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 24:20 For there will be no reward (Prov. 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