The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.
WEB
A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
YLT
The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!
DBT
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
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.