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Proverbs 24:19–20

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19g||Fret not thyself because of evil men,

Neither hbe thou envious at the wicked;

20For there shall be no ireward to the evil man;

kThe ||candle of the wicked shall be put out.

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Footnotes

  1. gSee Ps. 37:1.
  2. ||Or, Keep not company with the wicked. Heb. not the same as 2 Chr. 20:35, 37?
  3. hSee ver. 1.
  4. ich. 23:18 marg.
  5. kch. 13:9. See Job 18:5.
  6. ||Or, lamp. See 2 Sam. 21:17.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Fret not yourself because of evildoers,

and be not envious of the wicked,

for the evil man has no future;

the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not fret because of evildoers

or be envious of the wicked,

for the evildoer has no future hope,

and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t be agitated by evildoers,

and don’t envy the wicked.

For the evil have no future;

the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t fret because of evildoers;

don’t envy the wicked.

For evil people have no future;

the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not fret because of the evildoers;

do not envy the wicked.

For there will not be a future for the evil;

the lamp of the wicked will die out.