The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
WEB
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
YLT
The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
DBT
The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
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.