To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
WEB
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
YLT
To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
DBT
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
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.