Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
WEB
lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
YLT
Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.
DBT
lest he that heareth [it] disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.
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.