American Standard Version
Proverbs 24:20
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man;The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
- New International Version (NIV)for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For there will be no prospect for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Context of Proverbs 24:20
18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him. 19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. 21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change: 22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:20 word by word
כִּ֤י׀ לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֣ה אַחֲרִ֣ית לָרָ֑ע נֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:20
- Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
- Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
- Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Job 21:17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his anger?
- Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20For there shall be no reboard to the evil man - אחרית acharith . There shall not be the future state of blessedness to the wicked. See the note on Proverbs 24:14; (note). His candle shall be put out; his prosperity shall finally cease, or he shall have no posterity. Some have thought that this text intimates the annihilation of sinners; but it refers not to being, but to the state or condition of that being. The wicked shall be; but they shall not be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20No reward - literally, “no future,” no life worthy to be called life, no blessing.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-20Verses 19-20 Envy not the wicked their prosperity; be sure there is no true happiness in it.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20Saying 29: Do not envy the seeming success of the wicked (see Proverbs 24:1–2), because their success does not last. extinguished: Compare Proverbs 13:9; 20:20.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. (Psa 37:1, 38; 18:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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