Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
WEB
Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
YLT
Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
DBT
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
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.