Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
WEB
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
YLT
Wine is a scorner--strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
DBT
Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
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.