The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.
WEB
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
YLT
The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.
DBT
Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
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.