Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDBT
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
ASV
Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
WEB
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
YLT
Thorns--snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
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.