Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Cease, my son, to hear instruction Onlyto err from the words of knowledge.
WEB
If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
YLT
Cease, my son, to hear instruction--To err from sayings of knowledge.
DBT
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.
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.