When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.
WEB
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
YLT
In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.
DBT
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
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.