For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
WEB
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
YLT
For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
DBT
For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
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.