Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; Andso iswisdom to a man of understanding.
WEB
The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
YLT
To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.
DBT
It is as sport to a foolish [man] to do wickedness; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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.