The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
WEB
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
YLT
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.
DBT
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
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.