My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:
WEB
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
YLT
Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
DBT
My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
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.