Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation 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.
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The memorial of the just shall have a good report; but the name of the ungodly shall stink.
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 are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence. 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot. 8 The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 112:6
For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.
Psalm 9:5-6
You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.
Psalm 109:13
May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
Ecclesiastes 8:10
Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.
1 Kings 11:36
I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David's dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.
2 Kings 19:34
I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.'"
2 Chronicles 24:16
He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.
Job 18:17
His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.
Job 27:23
It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.
Psalm 109:15
May the Lord be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!
Jeremiah 17:13
You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life.
Mark 14:9
I tell you the truth, 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 servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,