The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
WEB
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
YLT
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
DBT
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
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.