Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
WEB
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
YLT
In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
DBT
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
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.