Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
WEB
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
YLT
Far is Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.
DBT
Jehovah is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
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.