In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
WEB
An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
YLT
In the transgression of the evil is a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
DBT
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
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.