Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
Proverbs 13:9 - Revised Standard Version The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The light of the [uncompromisingly] righteous [is within him–it grows brighter and] rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked [furnishes only a derived, temporary light and] shall be put out shortly. American Standard Version (1901) The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. Common English Bible The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out. Catholic Public Domain Version The light of the just enriches. But the lamp of the impious will be extinguished. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. |
Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the Lord is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.
If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens, and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethren.”
Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.’
And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’