The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want.
WEB
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
YLT
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
DBT
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
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.