Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
WEB
Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
YLT
Deceit is in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace is joy.
DBT
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
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.