Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
WEB
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
YLT
Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
DBT
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
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.