Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
WEB
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
YLT
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
DBT
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
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.