They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
WEB
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
YLT
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
DBT
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
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.