For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
WEB
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
YLT
For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
DBT
for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
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.