Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
WEB
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
YLT
Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
DBT
who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;
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.