Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot. New Living Translation We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away. English Standard Version The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. Berean Standard Bible The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. King James Bible The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. New King James Version The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot. New American Standard Bible The mentioning of the righteous is a blessing, But the name of the wicked will rot. NASB 1995 The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot. NASB 1977 The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot. Legacy Standard Bible The remembrance of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot. Amplified Bible 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]. Christian Standard Bible The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. Holman Christian Standard Bible The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. American Standard Version The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The memory of the righteous is for a blessing and the name of the evil will be extinguished. Brenton Septuagint Translation The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly man is extinguished. Contemporary English Version Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten. Douay-Rheims Bible The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot. English Revised Version The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. GOD'S WORD® Translation The name of a righteous person remains blessed, but the names of wicked people will rot away. Good News Translation Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but the wicked will soon be forgotten. International Standard Version The reputation of the righteous leads to blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. JPS Tanakh 1917 The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; But the name of the wicked shall rot. Literal Standard Version The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, | And the name of the wicked rots. Majority Standard Bible The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. New American Bible The memory of the just serves as blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. NET Bible The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot. New Revised Standard Version The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. New Heart English Bible The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's Literal Translation The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son…6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. 7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. 8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 32:33 And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David's descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place. Job 18:17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. Job 24:20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. Psalm 9:5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. Psalm 9:6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished. Psalm 34:16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. Psalm 109:13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. Treasury of Scripture The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. memory 1 Kings 11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway 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, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David'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, both toward God, and toward his house. the name Job 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. Job 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. Psalm 9:5,6 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever… Jump to Previous Blessed Blessing Dust Evil-Doer Memory Perish Remembrance Righteous Rot Turned Upright WickedJump to Next Blessed Blessing Dust Evil-Doer Memory Perish Remembrance Righteous Rot Turned Upright WickedProverbs 10 1. Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vicesVerse 7. - The memory. The lasting, fragrant perfume of a holy life is contrasted with the noisomeness and quick decay of an evil name (comp. Psalm 72:17). As a commentator asks, "Who ever thinks of calling a child Judas or Nero?" Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The memoryזֵ֣כֶר (zê·ḵer) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2143: A memento, recollection, commemoration of the righteous צַ֭דִּיק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous is a blessing, לִבְרָכָ֑ה (liḇ·rā·ḵāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity but the name וְשֵׁ֖ם (wə·šêm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8034: A name of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person will rot. יִרְקָֽב׃ (yir·qāḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7537: To decay Links Proverbs 10:7 NIVProverbs 10:7 NLT Proverbs 10:7 ESV Proverbs 10:7 NASB Proverbs 10:7 KJV Proverbs 10:7 BibleApps.com Proverbs 10:7 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 10:7 Chinese Bible Proverbs 10:7 French Bible Proverbs 10:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed (Prov. Pro Pr) |