Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
WEB
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
YLT
The heart of the wise is at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.
DBT
The heart of a wise [man] is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).