In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
WEB
The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
YLT
In the house of the righteous is abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked--trouble.
DBT
In the house of a righteous [man] is much treasure; but in the revenue of a wicked [man] is disturbance.
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.