Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The memorial of the just shall have a good report; but the name of the ungodly shall stink.

New American Standard Bible

The memory of the righteous is blessed,
But the name of the wicked will rot.

King James Version

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Holman Bible

The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,
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 memory of the righteous [person] is a [source of] blessing,
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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Modern King James verseion

The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זכר זכר 
Zeker 
Usage: 23

of the just
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

is blessed
בּרכה 
B@rakah 
Usage: 69

but the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

6 Loving and favorable is the face of the righteous; but the forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous. 7 The memorial of the just shall have a good report; but the name of the ungodly shall stink. 8 A wise man will receive warning; but a fool will sooner be smitten in the face.

Cross References

Psalm 112:6

For he shall never be moved, and the righteous shall be had in an everlasting remembrance.

Psalm 9:5-6

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; thou hast put out their name forever and ever.

Psalm 109:13

Let his posterity be destroyed; and in the next generation let his name be clean put out.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

For I have oft seen the ungodly brought to their graves, and fallen down from the high and glorious place; insomuch that they were forgotten in the city where they were had in so high and great reputation. This is also a vain thing.

1 Kings 11:36

and will give his son one, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me, to put my name there.

2 Kings 19:34

For I will defend this city and save it, for mine own sake and for David my servant's sake."

2 Chronicles 24:16

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel, and on God and on his house.

Job 18:17

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and his name shall not be praised in the streets:

Job 27:23

Then clap men their hands at him, yea and jest of him, when they look upon his place.

Psalm 109:15

Let them be always before the LORD, that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth;

Jeremiah 17:13

Thou art the comfort of Israel. All that forsake thee, shall be ashamed. And they that depart from thee shall be written in the earth. For they have lost the LORD that is the fountain of the water of life.

Mark 14:9

Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be rehearsed in remembrance of her."

Luke 1:48

For he hath looked on the poor degree of his handmaiden. Behold, now from henceforth shall all generations call me blessed.

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