Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.
WEB
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
YLT
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.
DBT
The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.
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.