Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
WEB
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
YLT
For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
DBT
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
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.