Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
WEB
Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
YLT
Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,
DBT
Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
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.