The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
The tongue of the righteous isaschoice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
WEB
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
YLT
The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked--as a little thing.
DBT
The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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.