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Proverbs 24:20

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Proverbs 24:20
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּ֤י׀ לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֣ה אַחֲרִ֣ית לָרָ֑ע נֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃

  1. כִּ֤י׀ki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. לֹֽא־lo'-“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  3. תִהְיֶ֣הtih.Yeh“it will belong”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  4. אַחֲרִ֣ית'a.cha.Rit“a future”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אַחֲרִית · “end” · Strong's H0319
  5. לָרָ֑עla.Ra'“to the evil [person]”
    Preposition with article + Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from רַע · “evil” · Strong's H7451H
  6. נֵ֖רner“[the] lamp of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from נֵר · “lamp” · Strong's H5216A
  7. רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Im“wicked [people]”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from רָשָׁע · “wicked” · Strong's H7563
  8. יִדְעָֽךְ׃yid.'Akh“it will be extinguished”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from דָּעַךְ · “to put out” · Strong's H1846
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)