The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
WEB
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
YLT
The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.
DBT
The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
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.