A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsDBT
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
ASV
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
WEB
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
YLT
The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
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.