The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
WEB
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
YLT
The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
DBT
The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.
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.