Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
WEB
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
YLT
Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
DBT
Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.
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.