Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
WEB
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
YLT
A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.
DBT
The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
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.