The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
WEB
The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
YLT
The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
DBT
The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
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.