He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
Proverbs 20:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in complete darkness. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. Common English Bible Those who curse their father or mother— their lamp will be snuffed out when it becomes dark. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. |
He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
For there will be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
There is a generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother.
The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.