Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Holman Bible
but the name of the wicked will rot.
International Standard Version
The reputation of the righteous leads to blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
A Conservative Version
The memory of a righteous man is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.
American Standard Version
The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
Amplified
The
But the name of the wicked will [be forgotten and] rot [like a corpse].
Bible in Basic English
The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
Darby Translation
The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Julia Smith Translation
The memory of the just one for blessing: and the name of the wicked shall be rotten.
King James 2000
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Modern King James verseion
The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The memorial of the just shall have a good report; but the name of the ungodly shall stink.
NET Bible
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
New Heart English Bible
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
The Emphasized Bible
The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.
Webster
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish.
World English Bible
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Youngs Literal Translation
The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
Themes
Death of the The Wicked » The remembrance of them perishes in
Oblivion » The name of the wicked to be blotted out
The wicked » Guilt of » The name of the wicked to be blotted out
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
6 Blessings [belong] to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. 7 The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. 8 A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 112:6
For he will not be shaken forever; [the] righteous {will be remembered forever}.
Psalm 9:5-6
You have rebuked [the] nations; you have destroyed [the] wicked. Their name you have blotted out forever and ever.
Psalm 109:13
Let his descendants be cut off. Let their name be blotted out in [the] next generation.
Ecclesiastes 8:10
Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being [honorably] buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also [is] vanity!
1 Kings 11:36
To his son I will give one tribe in order to be a lamp for my servant David, always before my face, in Jerusalem the city in which I have chosen to place my name.
2 Kings 19:34
And I will defend this city to save her for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.'"
2 Chronicles 24:16
And they buried him in the city of David with the kings, for he did good in Israel and with respect to God and his house.
Job 18:17
His remembrance perishes from [the] earth, and [there is] not a name for him on [the] street.
Job 27:23
It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.
Psalm 109:15
Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from [the] earth,
Jeremiah 17:13
Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all [those who] forsake you will be put to shame, and [those who] turn aside from you in the earth will be recorded, for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, Yahweh.
Mark 14:9
And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.
Luke 1:48
because he has looked upon the humble state of his female slave, for behold, from now on all generations will consider me blessed,