Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
DBT
Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.
WEB
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride.
YLT
Proud, haughty, scorner is his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.
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.