The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
WEB
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
YLT
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
DBT
The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
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.