But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
But to them that rebukehim shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.
WEB
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
YLT
And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.
DBT
but to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh upon them.
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.