Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
WEB
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
YLT
Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!
DBT
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.
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.