Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
WEB
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
YLT
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
DBT
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon 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.