Proverbs Chapter 13 verse 9 Holy Bible
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.
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The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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The light of the righteous shines brightly, But the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
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The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - The light of the righteous rejoiceth; laetificat, Vulgate. But the verb is intransitive, and means "burn joyfully," bright and clear, as the sun rejoices as a strong man to run a race (Psalm 19:5). This light (or) is the grace and virtue which adorn the good man's life, and which beam through all his actions with a cheerful, kindly radiance (comp. Proverbs 4:18, 19). This is a true light, kindled in his heart by God, different from the lamp (ner) of the wicked, which is devised and lighted by themselves, and has no element of permanence, but soon shall be put out (Proverbs 24:20; comp. Proverbs 20:20; Job 18:5; John 1:8; John 5:35, where the distinction between "light" and "lamp" is maintained). The lamp of the wicked is the false show of wisdom or piety, which may glimmer and deceive for a time, but is ere long detected and brought to naught. There may be here an allusion to a common custom in the East. "No house, however poor," says Dr. Geikie ('Holy Land,' 1:117), "is left without a light burning in it all night; the housewife rising betimes to secure its continuance by replenishing the lamp with oil. If a lamp goes out, it is a fatal omen" (comp. 1 Kings 15:4; Jeremiah 25:10; Revelation 18:23). Septuagint, "The light of the righteous is everlasting; but the light of sinners is quenched." Then is introduced a couplet not found in the Hebrew, of which the latter part is borrowed from Psalm 37:21 or Psalms 112:5, "Crafty souls go astray in sins; righteous men show mercy and pity." The Vulgate inserts this paragraph after ver. 13.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) The light of the righteous rejoiceth--i.e., burns joyously, as the sun "rejoiceth as a giant to run his course" (Psalm 19:5). A distinction may be drawn between the "light" of the righteous and "lamp" of the wicked. The one walks in the "light" of God's truth, and so his path becomes continually more plain (see above on Proverbs 6:23); the other walks by the glimmer of his own "lamp," the "fire" and "sparks" of his own kindling (Isaiah 50:11), the fancies of his own devising, and so his end is darkness. But this distinction is not always observed (comp. Job 18:5-6, where "light" and "lamp" are both applied to the wicked.)
