Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
WEB
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
YLT
The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
DBT
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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.