Other translations
American Standard Version
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The work of the righteous one is for life and the fruits of the evil one are for sin.
Darby Bible Translation
The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
God's Word
A righteous person's reward is life. A wicked person's harvest is sin.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The labor of the righteous leads to life; the activity of the wicked leads to 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.
New American Standard Bible
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
The World English Bible
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
EasyEnglish Bible
Righteous people receive life as their wages. Wicked people receive only punishment.
Young‘s Literal Translation
The wage of the righteous [is] for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
New Life Version
The pay earned by those who are right with God is life, but the sinful are paid by being punished.
The Voice Bible
The reward of those who do right is a satisfied life, but the profits gained by those who do wrong is used to sin.
Living Bible
The good man’s earnings advance the cause of righteousness. The evil man squanders his on sin.
New Catholic Bible
The reward of the righteous leads to life; the gains of the wicked lead to sin.
Legacy Standard Bible
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
Jubilee Bible 2000
The work of the righteous is unto life, but the fruit of the wicked is for sin.
Christian Standard Bible
The reward of the righteous is life; the wages of the wicked is punishment.
Amplified Bible © 1954
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.
New Century Version
Good people are rewarded with life, but evil people are paid with punishment.
The Message
The wage of a good person is exuberant life; an evil person ends up with nothing but sin.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
The work of a righteous person leads to life. The income of a wicked person leads to sin.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
Good News Translation®
The reward for doing good is life, but sin leads only to more sin.
Wycliffe Bible
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.)
Contemporary English Version
If you live right, the reward is a good life; if you are evil, all you have is sin.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
Common English Bible © 2011
The wages of the righteous lead to life; the earnings of the wicked lead to sin.
Amplified Bible © 2015
The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
English Standard Version Anglicised
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The labor of the just leads to life, the gains of the wicked, to futility.
New American Standard Bible
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
The Expanded Bible
·Good [Righteous] people are rewarded with life, but evil people are paid with punishment.
Tree of Life Version
The wages of the righteous are life. The income of the wicked is sin.
Revised Standard Version
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
New International Reader's Version
People who do what is right earn life. But sinners earn sin and death.
BRG Bible
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Complete Jewish Bible
The activity of the righteous is for life; the income of the wicked is for sin.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
The wage of the tzaddik leadeth to Chayyim; the wage of the rashah is for chattat [Ro 6:23].
Names of God Bible
A righteous person’s reward is life. A wicked person’s harvest is sin.
Modern English Version
The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Easy-to-Read Version
What good people do brings life, but wicked people produce only sin.
International Children’s Bible
Good people are rewarded with life. But evil people are paid back with punishment.
Lexham English Bible
The wage of the righteous leads to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.
New International Version - UK
The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.