Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
WEB
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
YLT
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated with thee, and have hated thee.
DBT
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
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.