Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Proverbs 10:7 in other translations
| BSB | The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. |
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| WEB | The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot. |
| ASV | The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot. |
| YLT | The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot. |
| DARBY | The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot. |
| BBE | The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust. |
| Webster | The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish. |
What does Proverbs 10:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 10:7 in the original Hebrew
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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
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.
Proverbs 10:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La memoria del justo será bendita: mas el nombre de los impíos se pudrirá. |
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| 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. |