Proverbs 10:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Ill-gottenרֶ֑שַׁע
(re·sha;)
7562: wickednessfrom the same as rasha
gainsאֹוצְרֹ֣ות
(o·vtz·ro·vt)
214: treasure, store, a treasury, storehousefrom atsar
do not profit,יֹ֭ועִילוּ
(yo·v·'i·lu)
3276: to confer or gain profit or benefita prim. root
But righteousnessוּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה
(u·tze·da·kah)
6666: righteousnessfrom the same as tsedeq
deliversתַּצִּ֥יל
(ta·tzil)
5337: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, delivera prim. root
from death.מִמָּֽוֶת׃
(mim·ma·vet.)
4194: deathfrom muth


















KJV Lexicon
Treasures
'owtsar  (o-tsaw')
a depository -- armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
of wickedness
resha`  (reh'-shah)
a wrong (especially moral) -- iniquity, wicked(-ness).
profit
ya`al  (yaw-al')
to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively: useful, subjectively: benefited) -- at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
nothing but righteousness
tsdaqah  (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
delivereth
natsal  (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
from death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death.

King James Bible
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death.

International Standard Version
Nothing good comes from ill-gotten wealth, but righteousness delivers from death.

NET Bible
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There is no profit in the treasures of evil, but righteousness saves from death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Treasures gained dishonestly profit no one, but righteousness rescues from death.

King James 2000 Bible
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.
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