Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
WEB
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
YLT
An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
DBT
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
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.