Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
WEB
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
YLT
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
DBT
The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.
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.