Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
WEB
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
YLT
Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
DBT
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
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.