A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsA good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous [man].
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.