Proverbs 10:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.

New Living Translation
The earnings of the godly enhance their lives, but evil people squander their money on sin.

English Standard Version
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

Berean Study Bible
The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

New American Standard Bible
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.

NASB 1995
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.

NASB 1977
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.

Amplified Bible
The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life, The income of the wicked, punishment.

Christian Standard Bible
The reward of the righteous is life; the wages of the wicked is punishment.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The labor of the righteous leads to life; the activity of the wicked leads to sin.

Contemporary English Version
If you live right, the reward is a good life; if you are evil, all you have is sin.

Good News Translation
The reward for doing good is life, but sin leads only to more sin.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A righteous person's reward is life. A wicked person's harvest is sin.

International Standard Version
Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution.

NET Bible
The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

New King James Version
The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.

King James 2000 Bible
The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

New Heart English Bible
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

World English Bible
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

American King James Version
The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

American Standard Version
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

A Faithful Version
The labor of the righteous tends to life; the fruit of the wicked tends to sin.

Darby Bible Translation
The labour of a righteous [man] [tendeth] to life; the revenue of a wicked [man], to sin.

English Revised Version
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.

Webster's Bible Translation
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the reuenues of the wicked to sinne.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The labour of the righteous tendeth to lyfe: but the fruites of the vngodly, to sinne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The rightuous laboureth to do good, but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The wage of the righteous [is] for life, "" The increase of the wicked for sin.

Young's Literal Translation
The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

Smith's Literal Translation
The labors of the just one, to life: the increase of the unjust to sin.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The work of the just is unto life. But the fruit of the impious is unto sin.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The work of the Righteous One is for life and the fruits of the Evil One are for sin.

Lamsa Bible
The labor of the righteous tends to life; the harvest of the wicked to sin.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The wages of the righteous is life; The increase of the wicked is sin.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The works of the righteous produce life; but the fruits of the ungodly produce sins.
















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