The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
WEB
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
YLT
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
DBT
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
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.