Strong's Lexicon The memory זֵ֣כֶר (zê·ḵer) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2143: 1) memorial, remembrance 1a) remembrance, memory 1b) memorial of the righteous צַ֭דִּיק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful is a blessing, לִבְרָכָ֑ה (liḇ·rā·ḵāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1293: 1) blessing 2) (source of) blessing 3) blessing, prosperity 4) blessing, praise of God 5) a gift, present 6) treaty of peace but the name וְשֵׁ֖ם (wə·šêm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8034: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man) will rot. יִרְקָֽב׃ (yir·qāḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7537: 1) (Qal) to rot Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe memory of the righteous is a blessing, 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. New American Standard Bible The memory of the righteous is blessed, 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. Parallel Verses 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. New American Standard Bible The memory of the righteous is blessed, 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. Holman Christian Standard 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. NET Bible The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot. American Standard Version The memory of the righteous is blessed; But 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. Young's Literal Translation The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot. Cross References 2 Chronicles 32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. Job 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. Job 24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. Psalm 9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. Psalm 9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. Psalm 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Psalm 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. Psalm 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Ecclesiastes 8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. Isaiah 14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. 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 WickedLinks Proverbs 10:7 NIVProverbs 10:7 NLT Proverbs 10:7 ESV Proverbs 10:7 NASB Proverbs 10:7 KJV Proverbs 10:7 Bible Apps Proverbs 10:7 Parallel Proverbs 10:7 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 10:7 Chinese Bible Proverbs 10:7 French Bible Proverbs 10:7 German Bible Proverbs 10:7 Commentaries Bible Hub |