The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
WEB
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
YLT
The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
DBT
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
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.