When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
WEB
When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
YLT
In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked is singing.
DBT
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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.