The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The words of a man’s mouth areasdeep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
WEB
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
YLT
Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.
DBT
The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.
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.