But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
WEB
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
YLT
And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
DBT
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
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.