For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.
For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
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.