The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
WEB
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
YLT
The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.
DBT
The heart of a righteous [man] studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
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.