Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
WEB
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
YLT
Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
DBT
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
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.