King James Version

Proverbs 10:16

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

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פְּעֻלַּ֣תpeulatworkפְּעֻלָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6468(abstractly) worklabour, reward, wages, work.צַדִּ֣יקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).לְחַיִּ֑יםlechayimto lifeחַיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.תְּבוּאַ֖תtevuatfruitתְּבוּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8393income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)fruit, gain, increase, revenue.רָשָׁ֣עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.לְחַטָּֽאתlechatatto punishmentחַטָּאָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to punishment”, the ordinary formH2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offenderpunishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The wages of the righteous is life; the increase of the wicked is sin.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

The wage of the righteous [is] for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The wages of the righteous is life; the increase of the wicked is sin.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔργα δικαίων ζωὴν ποιεῖ, καρποὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτίας.