Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
WEB
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
YLT
Froward is the way of a man who is vile, And the pure--upright is his work.
DBT
Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
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.