The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
WEB
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
YLT
The words of the wicked are : `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
DBT
The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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.