Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
WEB
He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
YLT
Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
DBT
Whoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in [his] double ways, shall fall in one [of them].
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.