Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?
WEB
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
YLT
For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both--who knoweth!
DBT
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
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.