Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe labor of the righteoustendethto life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.
The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
The labour of a righteous [man] [tendeth] to life; the revenue of a wicked [man], to sin.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.