A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
WEB
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
YLT
A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
DBT
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
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.