Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
WEB
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
YLT
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
DBT
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous [man].
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.