He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
WEB
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
YLT
Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.
DBT
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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.