Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
WEB
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
YLT
Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
DBT
Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
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.