Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.
WEB
Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
YLT
The delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,
DBT
Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.
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.