Job 18:5

18:5 “Yes, ¹  the lamp ²  of the wicked is extinguished;

his flame of fire ³  does not shine.

Job 20:5

20:5 that the elation of the wicked is brief, ⁴ 

the joy of the godless ⁵  lasts but a moment. ⁶ 

Job 21:30

21:30 that the evil man is spared

from the day of his misfortune,

that he is delivered ⁷ 

from the day of God’s wrath?

Psalms 11:5

11:5 The Lord approves of ⁸  the godly, ⁹ 

but he ¹⁰  hates ¹¹  the wicked and those who love to do violence. ¹² 

Isaiah 57:21

57:21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Malachi 3:18

3:18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between ¹³  the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

Matthew 13:49-50

13:49 It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous 13:50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, ¹⁴  where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

John 5:29

5:29 and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Hebrew גַּם (gam, “also; moreover”), in view of what has just been said.

² sn The lamp or the light can have a number of uses in the Bible. Here it is probably an implied metaphor for prosperity and happiness, for the good life itself.

³ tn The expression is literally “the flame of his fire,” but the pronominal suffix qualifies the entire bound construction. The two words together intensify the idea of the flame.

⁴ tn The expression in the text is “quite near.” This indicates that it is easily attained, and that its end is near.

⁵ tn For the discussion of חָנֵף (khanef, “godless”) see Job 8:13.

⁶ tn The phrase is “until a moment,” meaning it is short-lived. But see J. Barr, “Hebrew ’ad, especially at Job 1:18 and Neh 7:3,” JSS 27 (1982): 177-88.

⁷ tn The verb means “to be led forth.” To be “led forth in the day of trouble” means to be delivered.

⁸ tn Heb “examines,” the same verb used in v. 4b. But here it is used in a metonymic sense of “examine and approve” (see Jer 20:12).

⁹ tn The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense. Note the plural form “pure (of heart)” in v. 2.

¹⁰ tn Heb “his [very] being.” A נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, soul”) is also attributed to the Lord in Isa 1:14, where a suffixed form of the noun appears as the subject of the verb “hate.” Both there and here the term is used of the seat of one’s emotions and passions.

¹¹ sn He hates the wicked. The Lord “hates” the wicked in the sense that he despises their wicked character and deeds, and actively opposes and judges them for their wickedness. See Ps 5:5.

¹² tn Heb “the wicked [one] and the lover of violence.” The singular form is used here in a collective or representative sense. Note the plural form רְשָׁעִים (rÿsha’im, “wicked [ones]”) in vv. 2 and 6.

¹³ tn Heb “you will see between.” Cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT “see the difference.”

¹⁴ sn An allusion to Dan 3:6.

¹⁵ tn Or “a resurrection resulting in judgment.”