Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.
WEB
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
YLT
The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, And before honour is humility!
DBT
The fear of Jehovah is the discipline of wisdom, and before honour [goeth] humility.
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.