Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
WEB
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
YLT
Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.
DBT
Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
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.