He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
WEB
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
YLT
He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
DBT
He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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.