Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
WEB
The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
YLT
The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.
DBT
The righteous [man] shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.
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.