The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
WEB
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
YLT
The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
DBT
The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
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.