An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAn unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked [man].
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.