Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
WEB
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
YLT
The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
DBT
The memory of the righteous [man] shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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.