Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSeest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
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.