7 The name of the righteous is used in blessings,[1] but the name of the wicked will rot.

Other Translations of Proverbs 10:7

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

The Message

7 A good and honest life is a blessed memorial; a wicked life leaves a rotten stench.

New King James Version

7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.

New Living Translation

7 We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 10:7

Commentary on Proverbs 10:7

(Read Proverbs 10:7)

Both the just and the wicked must die; but between their souls there is a vast difference.