The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
WEB
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
YLT
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.
DBT
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.
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.