Proverbs 13:9
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- 28 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.
- 29 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,” 32 [1951]: 180).
- 30 The lamp is an implied comparison as well, comparing the life of the wicked to a lamp that is going to be extinguished.
- 31 The adds, “Deceitful souls go astray in sins, but the righteous are pitiful and merciful.” 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. , ). The imagery may have been drawn from the sanctuary where the flame was to be kept burning perpetually. Not so with the wicked.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The light of the righteous rejoices,
but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The light of the righteous shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The light of the righteous shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is put out.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The life of the godly is full of light and joy,
but the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The light of the righteous will rejoice,
but the lamp of the wicked will die out.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The light of the righteous rejoiceth:
But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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