A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
WEB
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
YLT
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
DBT
A wise [man] feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.
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.