The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
WEB
The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
YLT
All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked worketh for a day of evil.
DBT
Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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.