Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
WEB
The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
YLT
Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
DBT
Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
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.