Proverbs 10 · Verse 7

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Proverbs 10:7, King James Version

Proverbs 10:7 in other translations

BSBThe memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
WEBThe memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
ASVThe memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
YLTThe remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
DARBYThe memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
BBEThe memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
WebsterThe memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish.

What does Proverbs 10:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. blessed--literally, "for a blessing," or praise. shall rot--literally, "be worm-eaten," useless and disgusting.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 The memory of the just is blessed - Or, is a blessing. But the name of the wicked shall rot - This is another antithesis; but there are only two antithetic terms, for memory and name are synonymous - Lowth. The very name of the wicked is as offensive as putrid carrion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Both the just and the wicked must die; but between their souls there is a vast difference.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 10:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זֵ֣כֶרZe.kher[the] memory ofH2143
צַ֭דִּיקTza.dik[the] righteousH6662
לִבְרָכָ֑הliv.ra.Khah[is] for a blessingH1293
וְשֵׁ֖םve.Shemand [the] name ofH8034
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
יִרְקָֽב\׃yir.Kavit will rotH7537

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 10:7

  • Psalms 112:6

    Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

  • Luke 1:48

    For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  • 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 spoken of for a memorial of her.

  • Psalms 109:13

    Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 109:15

    Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

  • Job 18:17

    His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

  • Psalms 9:5-6

    Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

  • 2 Kings 19:34

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
memory.
1Ki 11:36; 2Ki 19:34; 2Ch 24:16; Ps 112:6; Mr 14:9; Lu 1:48
the name.
Job 18:17; 27:23; Ps 9:5,6; 109:13,15; Ec 8:10; Jer 17:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 10:6

    Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Proverbs 10:7

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

  • Proverbs 10:8

    The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Read all of Proverbs 10

Proverbs 10:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La memoria del justo será bendita: mas el nombre de los impíos se pudrirá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La mémoire du juste est en bénédiction, mais le nom des méchants tombe en pourriture.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Gedächtnis des Gerechten ist zum Segen, aber der Name der Gesetzlosen verwest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Memoria justi cum laudibus, et nomen impiorum putrescet.