Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
WEB
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
YLT
So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'
DBT
so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?
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.