Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
WEB
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
YLT
The slothful hath said, `A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
DBT
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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.