The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The desire of the righteous is only good; Butthe expectation of the wicked is wrath.
WEB
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
YLT
The desire of the righteous is only good, The hope of the wicked is transgression.
DBT
The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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.