It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
WEB
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
YLT
The honour of God is to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.
DBT
It is the glory ofGod to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.
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.