The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
WEB
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
YLT
Great is the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
DBT
A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.
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.