Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.
WEB
He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
YLT
Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
DBT
He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
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.