The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
WEB
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
YLT
A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
DBT
The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
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.