The Meaning of Proverbs 13:9 Explained

Proverbs 13:9

KJV: The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

YLT: The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Darby: The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

ASV: The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The light  of the righteous  rejoiceth:  but the lamp  of the wicked  shall be put out. 

What does Proverbs 13:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 13

1  a scoffer does not listen to rebuke

What do the individual words in Proverbs 13:9 mean?

The light of the righteous rejoices but the lamp of the wicked will be put out
אוֹר־ צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְנֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ

אוֹר־  The  light 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: אֹור  
Sense: light.
צַדִּיקִ֥ים  of  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
יִשְׂמָ֑ח  rejoices 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂמַח  
Sense: to rejoice, be glad.
וְנֵ֖ר  but  the  lamp 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נִיר 
Sense: lamp.
רְשָׁעִ֣ים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יִדְעָֽךְ  will  be  put  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעַךְ  
Sense: to go out, be extinguished, dry up.