The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
WEB
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
YLT
The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory is to pass over transgression.
DBT
The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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.