Proverbs 10:7
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, 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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.

Good News Translation
Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but the wicked will soon be forgotten.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The name of a righteous person remains blessed, but the names of wicked people will rot away.

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.
Classic Translations
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.

King James 2000 Bible
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

New Heart English Bible
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

World English Bible
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

American King James Version
The memory of the just 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.

A Faithful Version
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Darby Bible Translation
The memory of the righteous [man] shall be 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The memoriall of the iust shalbe blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rotte.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good report: but the name of the vngodly shall stincke.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte, but the name of the vngodly shal stynke.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, "" And the name of the wicked rots.

Young's Literal Translation
The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.

Smith's Literal Translation
The memory of the just one for blessing: and the name of the wicked shall be rotten.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The remembrance of the just is with praises. And the name of the impious shall decay.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The memory of the righteous is for a blessing and the name of the evil will be extinguished.

Lamsa Bible
The memory of the just is a blessing; but the heir of the wicked shall be extinct.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly man is extinguished.
















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