Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.
DBT
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
WEB
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
YLT
Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.
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.