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Proverbs 20:20

20  gIf one curses his father or his mother,

hhis lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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Proverbs 20:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 If someone curses their father or mother,

their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother,

His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 If you insult your father or mother,

your light will be snuffed out in total darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,

His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Those who curse their father or mother

will be like a light going out in darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother,

His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 The lamp of the person who curses his father and mother 

will be snuffed out in total darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Whoever curses his father or mother —

his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 If you curse father or mother,

your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 He who curses his father and his mother,

his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 If anyone calls down curses on his father or mother,

his lamp will be blown out in total darkness.

Proverbs 20:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 He who curses his father or his mother,

His lamp will go out in time of darkness.


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