Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
WEB
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
YLT
Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
DBT
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:
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.