A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
A brother offendedis harder to be won than a strong city; Andsuchcontentions are like the bars of a castle.
WEB
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
YLT
A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.
DBT
A brother offended is [harder to be won] than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.
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.