When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
WEB
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
YLT
In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
DBT
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men conceal themselves.
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.