By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
WEB
By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
YLT
In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.
DBT
By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah [men] depart from 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.