It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
WEB
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
YLT
To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.
DBT
It is joy to a righteous [man] to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.
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.