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Proverbs 10:7

NETBible	The memory¹ of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation² of the wicked will rot.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 10:7	The memory of the righteous will be a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 10:7	The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 10:7	We all have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 10:7	A good and honest life is a blessed memorial; a wicked life leaves a rotten stench.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 10:7	The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 10:7	The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 10:7	The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
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KJV	The memory <02143> of the just <06662> [is] blessed <01293>_: but the name <08034> of the wicked <07563> shall rot <07537> (8799)_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 10:7	The memory <02143> of the righteous <06662> is blessed <01293> , But the name <08034> of the wicked <07563> will rot <07537> .
LXXM	mnhmh <3420> N-NSF dikaiwn <1342> A-GPM met <3326> PREP egkwmiwn {N-GPN} onoma <3686> N-NSN de <1161> PRT asebouv <765> A-GSM sbennutai <4570> V-PMI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	The memory <02143> of the righteous <06662> is a blessing <01293> , but the reputation <08034> of the wicked <07563> will rot <07537> .
HEBREW	bqry <07537> Myesr <07563> Msw <08034> hkrbl <01293> qydu <06662> rkz (10:7) <02143>

NETBible

The memory¹ of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation² of the wicked will rot.³

NET Notes

¹sn “Memory” (זֵכֶר, zekher) and “name” are often paired as synonyms. “Memory” in this sense has to do with reputation, fame. One’s reputation will be good or bad by righteousness or wickedness respectively.

²tn Heb “name.” The term “name” often functions as a metonymy of association for reputation (BDB 1028 s.v. שֵׁם 2.b).

³tn The editors of BHS suggest a reading “will be cursed” to make a better parallelism, but the reading of the MT is more striking as a metaphor.

³sn To say the wicked’s name will rot means that the name will be obliterated from memory (Exod 17:14; Deut 25:19), leaving only a bad memory for a while.