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Proverbs 10:16
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KJ21
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.
ASV
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.
AMP
The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
AMPC
The earnings of the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) lead to life, but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin.
BRG
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
CSB
The reward of the righteous is life; the wages of the wicked is punishment.
CSBA
The reward of the righteous is life; the wages of the wicked is punishment.
CEB
The wages of the righteous lead to life; the earnings of the wicked lead to sin.
CJB
The activity of the righteous is for life; the income of the wicked is for sin.
CEV
If you live right, the reward is a good life; if you are evil, all you have is sin.
DARBY
The labour of a righteous [man] [tendeth] to life; the revenue of a wicked [man], to sin.
DRA
The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
ERV
What good people do brings life, but wicked people produce only sin.
EASY
Righteous people receive life as their wages. Wicked people receive only punishment.
EHV
The work of a righteous person leads to life. The income of a wicked person leads to sin.
ESV
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
ESVUK
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
EXB
·Good [Righteous] people are rewarded with life, but evil people are paid with punishment.
GNV
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: but the revenues of the wicked to sin.
GW
A righteous person’s reward is life. A wicked person’s harvest is sin.
GNT
The reward for doing good is life, but sin leads only to more sin.
HCSB
The labor of the righteous leads to life; the activity of the wicked leads to sin.
ICB
Good people are rewarded with life. But evil people are paid back with punishment.
ISV
Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution.
JUB
¶ The work of the righteous is unto life, but the fruit of the wicked is for sin.
KJV
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
AKJV
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
LSB
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
LEB
The wage of the righteous leads to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.
TLB
The good man’s earnings advance the cause of righteousness. The evil man squanders his on sin.
MSG
The wage of a good person is exuberant life; an evil person ends up with nothing but sin.
MEV
The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.
NOG
A righteous person’s reward is life. A wicked person’s harvest is sin.
NABRE
The labor of the just leads to life, the gains of the wicked, to futility.
NASB
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
NASB1995
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
NCB
The reward of the righteous leads to life; the gains of the wicked lead to sin.
NCV
Good people are rewarded with life, but evil people are paid with punishment.
NET
The reward that the righteous receive is life; the recompense that the wicked receive is judgment.
NIRV
People who do what is right earn life. But sinners earn sin and death.
NIV
The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
NIVUK
The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
NKJV
The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.
NLV
The pay earned by those who are right with God is life, but the sinful are paid by being punished.
NLT
The earnings of the godly enhance their lives, but evil people squander their money on sin.
NRSVA
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
NRSVACE
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
NRSVCE
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
NRSVUE
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
OJB
The wage of the tzaddik leadeth to Chayyim; the wage of the rashah is for chattat [Ro 6:23].
RGT
The labor of the righteous tends to life; the revenues of the wicked, to sin.
RSV
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
RSVCE
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
TLV
The wages of the righteous are life. The income of the wicked is sin.
VOICE
The reward of those who do right is a satisfied life, but the profits gained by those who do wrong is used to sin.
WEB
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
WYC
The work of a just man is to life; but the fruit of a wicked man is to sin. (The work of a good person serveth unto life; but the fruit of the wicked is sin.)
YLT
The wage of the righteous [is] for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
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