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Proverbs 24:20

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

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

    BBE

  • for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

    DBY

  • For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

    BSB

In context

18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:

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

21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

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