Proverbs 24:20
World English Bible (WEB)
for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
In context
18 lest the LORD 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. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21 My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22 for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
Proverbs 24:20 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
- KJV King James Version
- For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
- DBY Darby Translation
- for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For there shall be no reward to the evil man ; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.