Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
WEB
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
YLT
Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
DBT
Excellent speech becometh not a vile [man]; how much less do lying lips a noble!
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.