Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
WEB
The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
YLT
Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
DBT
Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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.