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For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
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No Hopeful Future
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Ellicott, Gill) highlight that the Hebrew word for 'reward' in this verse literally means 'future.' The warning is not that the evil person receives no consequences, but that they have no good or blessed future. The Latin Vulgate translates it as having 'no hope of future things,' emphasizing that their path, however prosperous it may seem now, ultimately leads to a dead end.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
No reward — literally, “no future,” no life worthy to be called life, no blessing.
19th Century
Anglican
For there shall be no reward. —Literally, future, as in Proverbs 24:15.
The candle of the wick…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For there shall be no reward to the evil [man] No reward of good things, such as is for the righteous in a way of grace; …
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Do not envy the wicked their prosperity; be sure there is no true happiness in it.