Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
WEB
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
YLT
An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.
DBT
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
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.