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Proverbs 10:7

7The memory of the righteous is blessed;

But the name of the wicked shall rot.

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Proverbs 10:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

The name of the righteous is used in blessings,

but the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The memory of the righteous is a blessing,

but the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The memory of the just is blessed:

But the name of the wicked shall rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

We have happy memories of the godly,

but the name of a wicked person rots away.

Proverbs 10:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The memory of the righteous is blessed,

But the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

Good people will be remembered as a blessing,

but evil people will soon be forgotten.

Proverbs 10:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The name of a righteous person remains blessed, 

but the names of wicked people will rot away. 

Proverbs 10:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,

but the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The memory of the righteous is a blessing,

but the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The memory of righteousness is like a blessing,

but the name of the wicked will rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

To remember those who do right is a blessing.

But the names of those who do wrong will rot.

Proverbs 10:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The memory of the righteous is blessed,

But the name of the wicked will rot.


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