Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.
WEB
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
YLT
Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.
DBT
He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.
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.