To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Yerushalayim, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Proverbs 13:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Yerushalayim, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
*How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it 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 among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.
Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'
The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'