A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
WEB
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
YLT
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
DBT
A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
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.