It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
WEB
“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
YLT
`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
DBT
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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.