In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.
WEB
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
YLT
In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!
DBT
In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
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.