A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherousshall eatviolence.
WEB
From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
YLT
From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous--violence.
DBT
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
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.