Verse List for PROV 20:20

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B I ◄ ← Prov 20:20 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=vital Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The one who curses their father and mother, ⇔ → will have their lamp extinguished in deep darkness.

OET-LV one _who_curses his/its_father and_mother _of_his it _will _be _extinguished lamp _of_his in_a _time _of[fn] darkness.

ULT One who curses his father and his mother, ⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in the pupil of darkness.

UST People who curse their parents ⇔  will die like an oil lamp that stops burning oil in a totally dark place.

BSB & MSB Whoever curses his father or mother, ⇔  his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Whoever curses his father or his mother, ⇔  his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

NET The one who curses his father and his mother, ⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

LSV Whoever is vilifying his father and his mother, his lamp is extinguished in blackness of darkness.

FBV Anyone who curses their father or mother will have their light put out and end in utter darkness.

T4T ⇔  If someone curses his father or his mother, ⇔  his life will be ended, just like a lamp is extinguished.

LEB • He who curses his father and his mother,
• his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness .[fn]

BBE If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

Moff He who curses his father or his mother, ⇔  his lamp of life will go out in black darkness.

JPS Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

ASV Whoso curseth his father or his mother, ⇔ His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

DRA He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

YLT Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

Drby Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

RV Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
(Whoso/Whoever curseth/curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.)

SLT He cursing his father and his mother, his lamp shall go out in the midst of darkness.

Wbstr Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

KJB-1769 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.[fn]
(Whoso/Whoever curseth/curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.)

KJB-1611 [fn]Who so curseth his father or his mother, his lampe shall be put out in obscure darkenesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse.
(Whoso/Whoever curseth/curses his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the depth of darkness.)

Gnva He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.
(He that curseth/curses his father or his mother, his light shall be put out in obscure darkness.)

Cvdl Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse.
(Whoso/Whoever curseth/curses his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.)

Wycl The liyt of hym that cursith his fadir and modir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis.
(The light of him that curseth/curses his father and mother, shall be quenched in the midst of darkness.)

Luth Wer seinem Vater und seiner Mutter flucht, des Leuchte wird verlöschen mitten in Finsternis.
(Who his father and his mother escape(v), the lamp/lantern becomes extinguish midway/in_the_middle in darkness.)

ClVg Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris:
(Who curses to_his_father his_own and mother, will_be_extinguished lamp his/her in/into/on by_means darkness:)

UHB מְ֭קַלֵּל אָבִ֣י⁠ו וְ⁠אִמּ֑⁠וֹ יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ נֵ֝ר֗⁠וֹ ב⁠אישון [fn] חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ ‡

BrLXX No BrLXX PROV 20:20 verse available

BrTr No BrTr PROV 20:20 verse available