Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
WEB
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
YLT
In every place are the eyes of Jehovah, Watching the evil and the good.
DBT
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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.