Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
WEB
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
YLT
Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
DBT
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
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.