Proverbs 10:7
Context| NETBible | The memory 1 of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation 2 of the wicked will rot. 3 |
| XREF | 1Ki 11:36; 2Ki 19:34; 2Ch 24:16; Job 18:17; Job 27:23; Ps 9:5,6; Ps 109:13,15; Ps 112:6; Ec 8:10; Jer 17:13; Mr 14:9; Lu 1:48 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn “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. 2 tn Heb “name.” The term “name” often functions as a metonymy of association for reputation (BDB 1028 s.v. שֵׁם 2.b). 3 tn 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. sn 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. |
