A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
WEB
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
YLT
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
DBT
A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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.