If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
WEB
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
YLT
If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back.
DBT
Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
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.