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Proverbs 13:9

NETBible	The light¹ of the righteous shines brightly,² but the lamp³ of the wicked goes out.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 13:9	The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:9	The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked goes out.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 13:9	The life of the godly is full of light and joy, but the sinner’s light is snuffed out.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 13:9	The lives of good people are brightly lit streets; the lives of the wicked are dark alleys.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 13:9	There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 13:9	The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 13:9	The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
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KJV	The light <0216> of the righteous <06662> rejoiceth <08055> (8799)_: but the lamp <05216> of the wicked <07563> shall be put out <01846> (8799)_. {lamp: or, candle}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:9	The light <0216> of the righteous <06662> rejoices <08055> , But the lamp <05216> of the wicked <07563> goes <01846> out.
LXXM	fwv <5457> N-NSN dikaioiv <1342> A-DPM dia <1223> PREP pantov <3956> A-GSM fwv <5457> N-NSN de <1161> PRT asebwn <765> A-GPM sbennutai <4570> V-PPI-3S (13:9a) qucai <5590> N-NPF doliai <1386> A-NPF planwntai <4105> V-PMI-3P en <1722> PREP amartiaiv <266> N-DPF dikaioi <1342> A-NPM de <1161> PRT oiktirousin <3627> V-PAI-3P kai <2532> CONJ elewsin {V-PAS-3P}
NET [draft] ITL	The light <0216> of the righteous <06662> shines brightly <08055> , but the lamp <05216> of the wicked <07563> goes out <01846> .
HEBREW	Kedy <01846> Myesr <07563> rnw <05216> xmvy <08055> Myqydu <06662> rwa (13:9) <0216>

NETBible

The light¹ of the righteous shines brightly,² but the lamp³ of the wicked goes out.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn The images of “light” and “darkness” are used frequently in scripture. Here “light” is an implied comparison: “light” represents life, joy, and prosperity; “darkness” signifies adversity and death. So the “light of the righteous” represents the prosperous life of the righteous.

²tn The verb יִשְׂמָח (yismah) is normally translated “to make glad; to rejoice.” But with “light” as the subject, it has the connotation “to shine brightly” (see G. R. Driver, “Problems in the Hebrew Text of Proverbs,” Bib 32 [1951]: 180).

³sn The lamp is an implied comparison as well, comparing the life of the wicked to a lamp that is going to be extinguished.

⁴tc The LXX adds, “Deceitful souls go astray in sins, but the righteous are pitiful and merciful.”

⁴tn The verb דָּעַךְ (da’akh) means “to go out [in reference to a fire or lamp]; to be extinguished.” The idea is that of being made extinct, snuffed out (cf. NIV, NLT). The imagery may have been drawn from the sanctuary where the flame was to be kept burning perpetually. Not so with the wicked.