Proverbs 24:20 Go deeper

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. (KJV)

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כִּ֤י\׀kifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 1

לֹֽא\־lo'-not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 2

תִהְיֶ֣הtih.Yehit will belong

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 3

אַחֲרִ֣ית'a.cha.Rita future

Lemma: אַחֲרִית (a.cha.rit) · Strong's: H0319

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: end

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 49:1, Numbers 23:10, Numbers 24:14, Numbers 24:20, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 8:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0319; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 4

לָרָ֑עla.Ra'to the evil [person]

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 5

נֵ֖רner[the] lamp of

Lemma: נֵר (ner) · Strong's: H5216A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lamp

Used 44 times. Also: Exodus 25:37, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 35:14, Exodus 37:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5216A; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 6

רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 7

יִדְעָֽךְ\׃yid.'Akhit will be extinguished

Lemma: דָּעַךְ (da.akh) · Strong's: H1846

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to put out

Used 9 times. Also: Job 6:17, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 21:17, Psalms 118:12, Proverbs 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1846; TAHOT Proverbs 24:20 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
the evil [man]	→	רַע H7451H bad: evil
has	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
no	→	לֹא H3808 not
future	→	אַחֲרִית H0319 end
the lamp	→	נֵר H5216A lamp
of the wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
will be extinguished	→	דָּעַךְ H1846 to put out

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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