Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
WEB
Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
YLT
Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
DBT
Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
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.