# Proverbs 22.1 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > **1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.** > > 2. The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all. 3. A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. (Proverbs 22:1-3, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > **1. A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.** > > 2. The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. 3. A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. (Proverbs 22:1-3, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > **1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. loving: or, favour is better than, etc** > > 2. The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. 3. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. (Proverbs 22:1-3, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > **1. A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold, good grace.** > > 2. Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah. 3. The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished. (Proverbs 22:1-3, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Solomon (principal); Agur; Lemuel; wise men - **Audience:** young Israelite men in the wisdom tradition - **Location:** Israel, Solomonic court - **Time period:** principal composition c. 970-930 BC (Solomon); compilation c. 700 BC (Hezekiah) ## Theological reading ## Key words - [H2580 - chen](/codex/h2580-chen/), *chen* (Strong's H2580). Also appears in: [Genesis 6.8](/codex/genesis-6-8/), [Genesis 18.1-15](/codex/genesis-18-1-15/), [Genesis 19](/codex/genesis-19/). - [H2896 - tov](/codex/h2896-tov/), *tov* (Strong's H2896). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.14-19](/codex/genesis-1-14-19/), [Genesis 1.21](/codex/genesis-1-21/), [Genesis 1.24-28](/codex/genesis-1-24-28/). - [H8034 - shem](/codex/h8034-shem/), *shem* (Strong's H8034). Also appears in: [Genesis 3](/codex/genesis-3/), [Genesis 4.26](/codex/genesis-4-26/), [Genesis 6.4](/codex/genesis-6-4/). ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses. ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H8034 - shem](/codex/h8034-shem/)