For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
WEB
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
YLT
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
DBT
for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.