Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
WEB
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
YLT
The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.
DBT
The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
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.