Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
WEB
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
YLT
Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
DBT
Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
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.