Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.
WEB
Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
YLT
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.
DBT
Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
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.