A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!
WEB
A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
YLT
Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season--how good!
DBT
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!
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.