Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.
WEB
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
YLT
Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
DBT
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
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.