A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
WEB
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
YLT
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
DBT
A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay 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.