A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
DBT
A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
WEB
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
YLT
A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
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.