Proverbs 24:20

NETBible

for the evil person has no future, 1  and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. 2 

NIV ©

for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

NASB ©

For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

NLT ©

For the evil have no future; their light will be snuffed out.

MSG ©

Those people have no future at all; they're headed down a dead-end street.

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.

NKJV ©

For there will be no prospect for the evil man ; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

KJV
For there shall be no reward
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to the evil
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[man]; the candle
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of the wicked
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shall be put out
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{candle: or, lamp}
NASB ©
For there will be no
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future
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for the evil
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man
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; The lamp
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of the wicked
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will be put
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out.
LXXM
ou
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ADV
gar
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PRT
mh
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ADV
genhtai
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V-AMS-3S
ekgona {A-NPN} ponhrwn
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A-GPM
lampthr {N-NSM} de
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PRT
asebwn
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A-GPM
sbesyhsetai
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V-FPI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
for
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the evil person
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has
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no
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future
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, and the lamp
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of the wicked
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will be extinguished
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.
HEBREW
Kedy
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Myesr
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rn
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erl
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tyrxa
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hyht
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al
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yk (24:20)
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NETBible

for the evil person has no future, 1  and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “there is no end [i.e., future] for the evil.”

2 sn The saying warns against envying the wicked; v. 19 provides the instruction, and v. 20 the motivation. The motivation is that there is no future hope for them – nothing to envy, or as C. H. Toy explains, there will be no good outcome for their lives (Proverbs [ICC], 449). They will die suddenly, as the implied comparison with the lamp being snuffed out signifies.