Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The righteous is delivered out of trouble; And the wicked cometh in his stead.
WEB
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
YLT
The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.
DBT
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
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.