Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:
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.