Proverbs 24:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 24:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Proverbs 24:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.”
Proverbs 24:20 — World English Bible
Proverbs 24:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”
Proverbs 24:20 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 24:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.”
Proverbs 24:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 24:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.”
Proverbs 24:20 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 24:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.”
Proverbs 24:20 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 24:20 in Context — Proverbs 24
18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
What Does Proverbs 24:20 Mean?
Proverbs 24:20 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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