The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
WEB
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
YLT
The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.
DBT
The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect [man], but destruction to the workers of iniquity.
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.