# Proverbs 22.3 **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.** > > 4. The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life. 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. (Proverbs 22:1-5, 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.** > > 4. The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. 5. Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them. (Proverbs 22:1-5, 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.** > > 4. By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. By: or, The reward of humility, etc 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. (Proverbs 22:1-5, 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.** > > 4. The end of humility [is] the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life. 5. Thorns, snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them. (Proverbs 22:1-5, 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 _No Strong's-tagged lexicon matches found in this passage. (Lexicon coverage is curated, ~159 of the most apologetically-loaded Greek/Hebrew terms.)_ ## 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.