A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
WEB
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
YLT
The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel.
DBT
A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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.