The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
WEB
The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
YLT
Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
DBT
Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
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.