Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
DBT
A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.
WEB
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
YLT
A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright--he prepareth his way.
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.