Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
WEB
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
YLT
Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
DBT
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.
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.