An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
WEB
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
YLT
With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
DBT
With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.
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.