There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, Andyetare not washed from their filthiness.
WEB
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
YLT
A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
DBT
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
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.