Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.
WEB
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
YLT
The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
DBT
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
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.