Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.
WEB
The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
YLT
With supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
DBT
He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
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.